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Do standard wildcards work in Outlook Rules? 1

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daglugub37

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Oct 21, 2003
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It seems to me that outlook 2000 rules don't quite work when there is a wilcard...

ie move all emails from *@hotmail.com to such and such folder.

Has anyone else had this problem?
 
I am looking for the same answer, does anyone have one, or a work around for me?

Dodge20
 
This thread should answer your question :thread68-1037654
 
So I have to setup a list of all the people I want to accept from?? I am probably misunderstanding that post. I don't understand what is meant by 'criteria'.

I have an old unix email system that has its own domain, there are quite a few users that I am forwarding emails to my pc account, and don't want to setup all those different users.

It won't let me use just @domain.com. It keeps asking for a user.

Dodge20
 
The criteria (or defining value or condition) of Outlook's mail rules always work in wildcard fashion; the * is not required anywhere. For example:

with can in the From: field
will catch: anyone@tucan.org, trashcan@somwhere.net and so on

with @ in the From: field
will catch every legitimate (and correctly set up) email address.

If the From: field contains hotmail, move to some folder
should catch everything required by daglugub37's original question.
 
Microsoft Outlook does not recognize "can" or whatever I put into the from. It prompts me to create a new address. I tried that, but it still doesn't work. I am using the rules wizard.

Dodge20
 
dodge20, with Outlook 2002's Rules wizard:

Start from a blank rule. Check messages when they arrive, With specific words in the senders address, do some action.
 
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