Hi friends,

i have ms office 2010 standard.

i have problem in outlook folder rule creation. I have one folder name like DATABASE in that folder if i put any mails it should automatically forwarded to another mail id. I tried as much as possible but am not done.

kindly can help me is this possible to create a rule for an outlook folder? if it is possible please share your ideas.

I don't know if you can do this by just putting the e-mail into an Outlook folder.  But, you could use an Outlook flag to trigger the rule.  You can setup a rule to trigger on "Assigned to category category".  Then create a custom category for this action.  

It would be a two step process, moving the message to a folder then setting the category but it might work for you?

Hi charles,

i tried through "assigned category" that is also not helping me, can you give any better ideas and share some link or it is not possible for outlook folder rule creation?

Hi charles,

thanks for your effort. 

i just created one rule. but it is working when i select RunRulesNow that time only.rest of the time

it is not working. kindly help me. the below rule was i created.

apply this rule after this message arrives 
assigned to RED CATEGORY category 
and which has attachment 
forwarded to *********@GMAIL.COM 
and move to the DATABASE folder

• Edited by senthil admin 23 hours 6 minutes ago

Hi charles,

thanks for your effort. 

i just created one rule. but it is working when i select RunRulesNow that time only.rest of the time

it is not working. kindly help me. the below rule was i created.

apply this rule after this message arrives 
assigned to RED CATEGORY category 
and which has attachment 
forwarded to *********@GMAIL.COM 
and move to the DATABASE folder

• Edited by senthil admin Wednesday, April 15, 2015 8:22 AM

I see the problem now.  These rules only trigger as soon as the mail arrives and not after you have assigned the catagory.  Making this last part work is a bit tricky as you can't do it natively in side of Outlook, you will need to run a script that will automatically process Outlook rules. 

I haven't tried this myself but here is a link to a site that has code that should make Outlook run your rules. Then you can use a scheduled task in Windows to run this.  So basically, you will set the catagory and then when this task runs it will move them along.  Not the cleanest solution out there but might work for you.  I'm not sure how much you like to code stuff.

http://www.outlookcode.com/threads.aspx?forumid=2&messageid=27297

• Proposed as answer by Steve FanMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator 4 hours 11 minutes ago