Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Automatically Forward Email in Outlook 2010/2007


How to forward your Outlook 2010 or 2007 email automatically to another email address. Useful for when you are going away on vacation, or using a different email address for a certain period of time.
1. In Outlook 2010, select File > Rules and Alerts. In Outlook 2007, select Tools > Rules and Alerts.
Outlook 2010 manage rules and alerts
2. From the Email Rules tab, choose New Rule…
Forwarding Email - New Rule
2. Select under Start from a blank rule select Check messages when they arriveand click Next.
Forwarding Email - Blank Rule
3. If you wish to only forward certain messages, you can select conditions for each message that gets forwarded. If you want all your messages to be forwarded, leave everything unchecked. You will get a message This rule will be applied to every message you receive. Is this correct? Select Yes.
Forwarding Email - Conditions
4. Check forward it to people or distribution list. In the lower pane, click people or distribution list.
Forwarding Email - Actions
5. This will open the Rule Address window with the address book. Search for the email address(es) to which you would like to forward your mail. You can also just type the full email addresses in the To field. Click OK then Next when done.
Forwarding Email - Email Address Selection
6. The box to setup exceptions appears. Select any exceptions you would like to apply to this rule and click NextMost users leave this blank.
Forwarding Email - Exceptions
7. Under Specify a name for this rule, give your rule a name. Check the box for Turn on this rule if you would like Outlook to start forwarding messages now. Check Run this rule now on messages already in “Inbox” (rarely used) if you would like Outlook to forward everything that is already in your Inbox Click Finish and you’re done.
Forwarding Email - Name and Finish

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