Creating an Outlook Inbox rule to manage myCourses email


OVERVIEW

Target audience: Students and Instructors using myCourses

When email is sent via myCourses, it is delivered to your McGill inbox with the title of the course at the beginning of the Subject line:

 

Compose message in myCourses

This article explains how to create a sorting rule in your inbox to automatically organize your course emails into separate folders.

In this article:

Creating an inbox rule in Outlook

  1. In Outlook, right-click on a message
  2. Click Rules and select Create Rule
  3. In the pop-up window, click the checkbox next to Subject contains
  4. In the Subject contains field, copy/paste the name of your course from myCourses
  5. Click the checkbox next to Move the item to folder and click on Select Folder. Select the folder where the mail will be sent and click OK.
  6. Click OK

Create a rule in Outlook

Creating an inbox rule in Office 365

  1. In Office 365 Mail, right-click a message and select Advanced actions > Create rule
  2. Click More options. A Rules box will open.
  3. In the Rules box:
    1. Under Add a condition:
      1. Click on the down arrow on the left and select the Subject includes
      2. In the field on the right, copy and paste the name of your course from myCourses
    2. Under Add an action:
      1. Click on the down arrow on the left and select Move to
      2. In the field on the right, click the down arrow to select the folder to which you want to move the message. For example, specify a folder named myCourses.
  4. Click Save

Create a rule in Outlook on the web

 

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