Rule based on 'To' field

[Bob Weiner]

I have a user (professor) who is collecting assignments via email. He has 2
sections with a couple hundred students per section (I know - there are
better ways to move that much data).

Our mail server is Exchange 2003 and he is using Outlook 2003.

My initial idea was to give him two additional smtp addresses (ie.
class-sect1, class-sect2) then filter the incoming mail based on which
address was in the 'To' field. It seems that the rules wizard doesn't allow
this type of control though. Is there a way to get more fine-grain control
when creating rules?


I can create two one-person groups to solve this particular problem but
would still be interested in knowing if there are better ways to write
rules. Can it be done without the wizard?


thanks,
bob

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Use words in the header and rules will filter on it just fine. I'd suggest
using subject line prefixes though - replying from his own address won't
cause problems this way. You can either move the messages with a rule or
view them with search folders or custom views.


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