Getting Alerts for Hot Emails Only

by | Jun 12, 2022

To create a “Hot” Inbox Rule in Outlook, follow these steps: Press Ctrl+1 to switch to the Email view. Select your active Inbox. Go to the Tools menu. Click Rules and Alerts. Click New Rule at the top of the screen. Under the Start from a blank rule...

Turn Off Email Notifications

by | Jun 12, 2022

To turn off email alerts in Outlook: Open the Tools menu and select Options… Click the Email Options… button. Click Advanced Email Options… in the new screen that pops up. Under the heading When new items arrive in my Inbox… de-select all of the boxes. (See...

Enable Spam Blocking

by | Jun 12, 2022

To deal with spam in Outlook, we do NOT recommend the built-in junk mail filter. Instead, pick one of these options: (If you use Hosted Exchange or manage your own mail accounts) You can usually enable server-side spam filtering for everyone in your organization. Log...

Set up Your Email

by | Jun 12, 2022

Fast Filing in Outlook If you have a lot of Outlook folders for filing emails, we recommend installing SimplyFile [US $50, free 30-day trial], which makes Outlook email filing fast and easy. Inbox Rules Emails convert quickly and easily to tasks in Outlook. However,...