[nfb-talk] Fw: [nfbcs] message rules for Outlook Express

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Hi Mike.

I will keep this in my folder in case you are not around again and I will be 
glad to make this available to anyone who needs it.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 10:28 PM
Subject: [nfb-talk] Fw: [nfbcs] message rules for Outlook Express


> Okay, Joe and others.
>
> Here ya go. See below.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Mike Freeman
> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 7:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] message rules for OUlook Express
>
>
> Liz:
>
> Dealing with message rules is one of those things which seems arcane at
> first but when once figured out triggers the "oh why didn't I figure
> that
> one out" reaction.
>
> Once you've entered on "create a rule", you'll be in a dialog with four
> sections: the first tells O E when the rule should be invoked; the
> second
> tells O E what should be done; the third tells O E the specifics of the
> criteria you specified in (1) and (2) and the fourth gives the name for
> the
> rule. So you start out on the first list and arrow down to what you want
> and
> hit spacebar to check it, as, for example, triggering on the
> [NFB-Newsline]
> in the subject.  So you arrow to "where the subject contains" and hit
> spacebar.  Note that some of these specifications are mutually exclusive
> so
> checking one unchecks the other; others are not, as in moving a message
> to a
> specified folder and declaring it as having been read. Also note that
> you
> won't know necessarily whether an item has been checked except that JAWS
> will say it if you check it; you'll have to do some graphics labeling to
> remedy this. This is not a problem, however, in that when you actually
> create the rule, O E won't let you complete it until everything has been
> successfully filled out.
>
> Now tab to the second part of the dialogue. Use your arrow keys to move
> to
> the action you want, as in "move to the specified folder" and hit
> spacebar.
>
> Now tab to the third part of the dialogue. Hit down-arrow till you are
> on
> each of the criteria you've specified in (1) and (2), as in "where the
> subject contains specific words". Hit enter on each one in turn and
> you'll
> be in a dialogue where you can specify the field(s) of intrest. Fill
> them in
> and tab to "okay" and hit spacebar. Do this for each criterion in turn
> until
> all are filled in. Again, these dialogues can also contain fields
> specifying
> logical connections if multiple criteria are used, as, for example,
> whether
> criteria are anded or ored.
>
> Once you've filled everything in, tab to the fourth part of the dialogue
> and
> fill in the rule name; there is an inane default name. Tab to okay and
> hit
> spacebar.
>
> Now tab to okay or hit ENTER to get out of the "rules menu and you're
> done.
>
> Easy and logical once you've done it a few times. Don't hesitate to play
> around; hitting escape backs you off a knotch as in everything else in
> Windows.
>
> Have fun!
>
> Mike Freeman
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Elizabeth Campbell" <batescampbell at charter.net>
> To: "Multiple recipients of NFBnet NFBcs Mailing List"
> <NFBcs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 6:00 AM
> Subject: [nfbcs] message rules for OUlook Express
>
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I'm sorry if I'm asking a question that was addressed previously on
>> this
>> list.
>>
>> However, I need some help in establishing a message rule so that all
>> of my
>> Newsline related messages go to a folder that I've created for that
> purpose.
>>
>> I went to the message rules option under the tools menu, but I can't
>> seem
> to
>> figure out what to do from there.
>>
>> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Liz Campbell
>>
>>
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