So what is being referred to in the online instructions? Why cannot I click
to create a rule for redirecting? If it has to be done at the server level,
then I guess I'll have to leave it at that, but just curious...
Thanks,
Jake
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011502011033.aspx
Use this method if you don't want recipients of the redirected messages to
know that they were delivered by way of your Inbox.
Note The following steps explain how to create and apply a rule (rule: One
or more automatic actions taken on e-mail messages and meeting requests that
meet certain conditions, along with any exceptions to those conditions. Rules
are also referred to as filters.) to your Inbox or one of your private
folders. To create a rule for a public folder, you must do so from the
folder's Properties dialog box.
1. In Mail, in the Navigation Pane (Navigation Pane: The column on the
left side of the Outlook window that includes panes such as Shortcuts or Mail
and the shortcuts or folders within each pane. Click a folder to show the
items in the folder.), on the Tools menu, click Rules and Alerts.
2. If you have more than one e-mail account (e-mail account: The server
name, user name, password, and e-mail address used by Outlook to connect to
an e-mail service. You create the e-mail account in Outlook by using
information provided by your administrator or Internet service provider
(ISP).) in your Outlook e-mail profile (Outlook e-mail profile: A profile is
what Outlook uses to remember the e-mail accounts and the settings that tell
Outlook where your e-mail is stored.), in the Apply changes to this folder
list, click the Inbox to which you want the rule to apply.
3. Click New Rule.
4. Click Start from a blank rule, and then click Next.
5. Under Step 1: Select when messages should be checked, click Check
messages when they arrive, and then click Next.
6. Under Step 1: Select condition(s), select the check box next to each
condition that you want the incoming message to match.
7. Under Step 2: Edit the rule description, click the underlined value
that corresponds to the condition, and then select or type the necessary
information.
ShowExample: Redirect each incoming message whose subject contains the
words "Contoso Pharmaceuticals"
1. Under Step 1: Select condition(s), select the with specific
words in the subject check box.
2. Under Step 2: Edit the rule description, click specific words.
3. In the Search Text dialog box, type Contoso Pharmaceuticals in
the Specify words box, click Add, and then click OK.
8. Click Next.
9. Under Step 1: Select action(s), select the redirect it to people or
distribution list check box.
10. Under Step 2: Edit the rule description, click people or distribution
list.
11. In one of the address lists, double-click the name or distribution
list to which you want to redirect the messages, and then click OK.
12. Click Next twice.
13. Under Step 1: Specify a name for this rule, type a name.
To run this rule on the messages that are already in your folders,
select the Run this rule now on messages already in "folder" check box.
To apply this rule to all your e-mail accounts and Inboxes, select the
Create this rule on all accounts check box.
14. Click Finish.
Milly Staples said:
See your ISP for that account to redirect mail at the server level - that is
the only place that can forward your mail before receipt.
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.
After furious head scratching, balance1977 asked:
| I want to redirect (not forward) my email to another account that I
| have so that all of my email comes to one address. However, when I
| followed the instructions for creating a rule, I ran into a problem.
| While the description online indicates that there is a rule for
| redirecting, I only found a rule in the wizard for forwarding
| messages. Any insights on how to redirect?
