Add exchange email outlook folders old mail
To add an Exchange email account to Outlook and move old mail to a new folder, you can follow these steps:
Step 1: Set up your Exchange email account in Outlook
- Open Outlook and go to the "File" menu.
- Click on "Add Account" and select "Manual setup or additional server types".
- Select "Microsoft Exchange" and click "Next".
- Enter your email address, username, and password, and click "Next".
- Click "Finish" to complete the setup process.
Step 2: Create a new folder in Outlook
- In the Outlook folder list, right-click on the "Inbox" folder and select "New Folder".
- Enter a name for the new folder (e.g. "Old Mail") and click "OK".
Step 3: Move old mail to the new folder
- In the Outlook folder list, select the folder that contains the old mail you want to move (e.g. "Inbox").
- Press Ctrl+A to select all the messages in the folder.
- Right-click on the selected messages and select "Move" > "Old Mail" (or the name of the new folder you created).
- Click "OK" to move the messages to the new folder.
Step 4: Set up a rule to move future mail to the new folder
- In the Outlook folder list, right-click on the "Inbox" folder and select "Rules" > "New Rule".
- Select "Move messages from someone to a folder" and click "Next".
- Enter the email address or name of the sender you want to move messages from, and click "Next".
- Select the "Old Mail" folder as the destination folder, and click "Next".
- Click "Finish" to create the rule.
Step 5: Test the rule
- Send an email to yourself from the email address or name you specified in the rule.
- Check the "Old Mail" folder to see if the email was moved correctly.
By following these steps, you should be able to add your Exchange email account to Outlook, create a new folder to store old mail, move old mail to the new folder, and set up a rule to move future mail to the new folder.