Organizing mails based on category...

[Guest]

How do I organize mails based on category?

I want all mails from the "Friend" category to appear in Red; I did the
following:

a) Choose Tools->Organize
b) Click on "Using Colors"
c) Click on "Automatic Formatting..."
d) Add a new rule called "Mails from friends"
e) Click on "Fonts..." and set it to color Red.
f) Click on "Condition..."
g) Go to the "More Choices" tab.
h) Click on "Categories..."
i) Choose the "Friend" category.
j) Click okay all the way out.

Mails from contacts that are in the "Friend" category still dont show up in
Red.

How can I get this to work?

Thanks.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

What you've done is set up an automatic formatting rule that colors red all
messages with the category Friends. There is no intrinsic relationship
between the category of a message and the category of a contact that
contains the address of the person who sent the message. The step you're
missing is a Rules Wizard rule that gives messages from certain people in
your contacts list a category of Friends. Rules Wizard cannot look up people
by category, so you'll need to choose people individually.