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TECH TIPS 

Insider technology tips, resources, and information for MCPS staff, students, and parents. 

Organizing your Inbox

Did you know you can have mail messages automatically file themselves in folders you create? You can do this by creating a rule for certain messages. Here is how to do it! Right click the message that you want to base the rule on, and then click Create Rule on the shortcut menu.

• In the Create Rule dialog box, select the check boxes for the options that are already filled in with information from your selected message.
• Select the Move email to folder check box.
• Click an existing folder or click New to create a new folder to store the messages.
• To add more conditions, actions or exceptions to the rule, click Advanced Options, and then follow the rest of the instructions in the Rules and Alerts Wizard.

Tip—To run the rule as soon as you create it, select the Run this Rule now on the messages already in folder check box on the last page of the Rules and Alerts Wizard.