Logical option for creating email Message Rules.

[Avery Tom Deacon Harry]

It SHOULD be possible to create a Message Rule when one is reading the
messages in the inbox. One should be able to right click on the email and
track down the drop-down menu to "create rule for this email". But at present
the only way I can see is to open the email, copy the address (or whatever
criteria desired), go to Tools>Message Rules>Mail (or News)>New and THEN
create the rule.
This is I feel an entirely unnecessarily long winded way of creating a rule,
and the method I have suggested should have been included from the start.

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[mac]

It SHOULD be possible to create a Message Rule when one is reading the
messages in the inbox. One should be able to right click on the email and
track down the drop-down menu to "create rule for this email". But at
present
the only way I can see is to open the email, copy the address (or whatever
criteria desired), go to Tools>Message Rules>Mail (or News)>New and THEN
create the rule.
This is I feel an entirely unnecessarily long winded way of creating a
rule,
and the method I have suggested should have been included from the start.

I assume that you looked on the Message Menu, and missed that Option?

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

No need to do all that. Just click Message, Create rule from message.

 

[Avery Tom Deacon Harry]

My point was that the "Create rule from message" option should appear by
right-clicking on the actual email in the inbox (or wherever).

 

[Dave]

You're right, it would be handy in the right-click menu.
It's available in Outlook, but not in WLM, or Thunderbird, either.