Moving read inbox messages to folders based on sender's address

[Cliff Missen]

I like to leave messages in my inbox until I've read/handled the
items. (Minutes or months later.)

Then I like to store the messages in folders and 95% of the time I'll
store the message in a folder created for the sender.

Of course, after using Outlook for 8 years, I have a ton of folders
and spend an inordinate amount of time drilling down throught the
folder heirarchy to find that belonging to my current correspondent.

What I'd like to do is right click on a message from
"(e-mail address removed)" and have menu option read "Move to Folder Bob
Smith."

Is there a way to map folders to sender's addresses or a third party
utility that supports something like this?

Thanks!

-- Cliff

 

[Reiko]

You can create rules to have messages automatically sent
to folders. For example, if I get a lot of email from Bob,
I could create a subfolder within my Inbox called Bob and
create a rule to have any messages sent from Bob go
directly to the folder Bob. I always have my subfolders
open so that I can easily see when a new message arrives.
The Rules Wizard has a lot of options that may be able to
help you. Hope this helps.

 

[Cliff Missen]

Right. I know I can use rules to sort messages as they arrive. But I
want to sort messages after I've had a chance to read/respond/act upon
the things.

So I'm looking for a quicker way to store messages in their folders
AFTER I've finished with them.

It doesn't seem to be much of a stretch to map a sender's address with
a folder, but I haven't found anything yet that will...

Thanks!

-- Cliff