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Adding dozens of email addresses to rules and alerts
How do I add dozens of email addresses to rules and alerts?
I tried copying a long list of email addresses separated by "; " and pasting into "Specify a word or phrase to search for in the sender's address." (Speech recognition software allowed me to paste the email addresses into that line.) Unfortunately, the rule did not work, which makes me think that I have to insert one address in each line manually. I have considered adding all the addresses to Outlook, and adding them to rules and alerts through "Move messages from someone to a folder," but I have two concerns about doing this: 1. Let's say I make a contact for Jane Doe in Outlook. What if I get an email message from the same email address that I entered for Jane, but it comes in as Jane S Doe or as Doe, Jane? Would Outlook fail to apply the rule to that message? 2. If I am going enter into Outlook contact information for dozens of people that someone stored in Excel and in spreadsheets.google.com, how can I do it without reentering it manually? |
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Adding dozens of email addresses to rules and alerts
1) Outlook will look at the email address and file it correctly.
2) Use the Import and Export command. What are you actually trying to accomplish? In many cases, refiling messages makes things harder to find, not easier, given how well the built-in search feature works. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 "1440 minutes" wrote: How do I add dozens of email addresses to rules and alerts? I tried copying a long list of email addresses separated by "; " and pasting into "Specify a word or phrase to search for in the sender's address." (Speech recognition software allowed me to paste the email addresses into that line.) Unfortunately, the rule did not work, which makes me think that I have to insert one address in each line manually. I have considered adding all the addresses to Outlook, and adding them to rules and alerts through "Move messages from someone to a folder," but I have two concerns about doing this: 1. Let's say I make a contact for Jane Doe in Outlook. What if I get an email message from the same email address that I entered for Jane, but it comes in as Jane S Doe or as Doe, Jane? Would Outlook fail to apply the rule to that message? 2. If I am going enter into Outlook contact information for dozens of people that someone stored in Excel and in spreadsheets.google.com, how can I do it without reentering it manually? |
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