How to mail forward outlook 2016
To set up mail forwarding in Outlook 2016, you can follow these steps:
Method 1: Using the "Rules" feature
- Open Outlook 2016 and go to the "Home" tab in the ribbon.
- Click on the "Rules" button in the "Move" group.
- Click on "Manage Rules & Alerts" in the drop-down menu.
- Click on "New Rule" and select "Start from a blank rule".
- Choose "Move messages from someone to a folder" and click "Next".
- Enter the email address of the sender you want to forward messages from.
- Choose the folder you want to forward messages to (e.g. "Junk Email" or a custom folder).
- Click "Finish" to save the rule.
Method 2: Using the "Forward" feature
- Open Outlook 2016 and go to the "Home" tab in the ribbon.
- Click on the "Move" button in the "Move" group.
- Select "Forward" from the drop-down menu.
- Enter the email address you want to forward messages to.
- Choose the option to "Forward messages from this sender" or "Forward all messages".
- Click "OK" to save the forwarding rule.
Method 3: Using the "Rules" feature with a specific condition
- Open Outlook 2016 and go to the "Home" tab in the ribbon.
- Click on the "Rules" button in the "Move" group.
- Click on "Manage Rules & Alerts" in the drop-down menu.
- Click on "New Rule" and select "Start from a blank rule".
- Choose "With specific words in the message header" and click "Next".
- Enter the email address of the sender you want to forward messages from.
- Choose the folder you want to forward messages to (e.g. "Junk Email" or a custom folder).
- Click "Finish" to save the rule.
Tips and Variations
- You can also use the "Rules" feature to forward messages based on specific keywords or phrases in the subject or body of the message.
- To forward messages from a specific domain (e.g. @example.com), you can use the "With specific words in the message header" condition and enter the domain name.
- To forward messages from a specific sender, you can use the "From" condition and enter the sender's email address.
- You can also use the "Rules" feature to forward messages to multiple recipients by separating their email addresses with a semicolon (;).