Having multiple e-mail addresses for various businesses, I am looking for a
way to get my incoming e-mails to be automatically sorted into their
respective account folders.
You can sort by email account, work accounts, projects or by type/kind.
Since you seem to be unfamiliar with rules, I'm giving you the basics on
rules. If you want specific help, give details and we'll help you create
your rules. The examples listed should help get you started. If not, I have
a rules lesson I can send you.
There are 3 different kind of rules in Entourage:
Mailing List Manager (MLM)
Junk Mail Filter
Rules (custom rules you create)
They run in the order listed above. The custom rules also run in the order
they are listed. (top runs first)
Use the MLM for all lists. Use rules for the remainder. Try to use
categories instead of individual addresses when possible. When a new address
is added to a contact in the Address Book then it will automatically be
acted on by the rule if you use categories in your rules. See example:
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http://www.entourage.mvps.org/rules/example/rule002.html>
1) POP Rules act on a message ONLY when it first arrives in the Inbox (On My
Computer), NOT when it arrives in any other folder. Once it's moved to
another folder it won't be seen by rules.
2) IMAP Rules are meant to act on a message ONLY when it first arrives in
the IMAP INBOX, not when moved to another IMAP folder.
3) Exchange Rules act on a message ONLY when it first arrives in the
Exchange Inbox.
Each type of account has it's own rules. Click on the correct tab to check
your rules. (Mail (POP), Mail (IMAP) Mal (Windows Live Hotmail) Mail
(Exchange), News, Outgoing)
See "Using Rules with Entourage" for help and examples:
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http://entourage.mvps.org/rules/index.html>
