My Email’s Being Filtered!

Just so you know, I have set up a specific filter in my hotmail box to automatically send any message containing “fwd” in the subject line straight to the junk folder.  Why’d I do that?  Because of the constant forwords I keep receiving.  I tell you this for three reasons:

1. I seldom read those emails anyhow and they are inundating my mailbox
2. If there really is something you really think I’d want to see, and you’re not just forwarding something to every living human you’ve ever known, you may want to make sure that “fwd” is not anywhere in the subject line!  Even though I will periodically glance through my junk, I’ll probably miss it if it’s sent there!
3. Perhaps other Hotmail users may want to set up filters to send specific email to specific folders and never knew they could.

For those who use Hotmail (or any other MSN email accounts – I think they are similiar or use the same system), let me walk you through the process:

1. Sign into your email account (duh!)
2. Create a folder and name it whatever you want (it should help to identify the type of email you will have sent there) – if you need help with this part, ask me and I’ll add it on here
3. In the upper right hand corner of the page is an “options” button, click it.
4. A list of options drops down (what a surprise, right?), go to the bottom of the list and click “more options”
5. Now a page containing categories of options should be up.  Find “Customize your Mail” and click on “Automatically sort emails into folders”
6. Click “New filter.”  Choose the filter options you want and then choose the folder you created for it.

Have fun and hopefully organize your mail box a bit better at the same time!

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