Create a Mail rule to highlight action-needed items

Aug 02, '06 07:30:01AM

Contributed by: willcodeforfoo

To help Mail flag messages that may need a followup, I created a rule to identify those messages based on certain keywords. I named the rule Let Me Know, and set the 'if conditions' pop-up to Any, with these conditions:

<ul>
<li>Message content - contains - LMK</li>
<li>Message content - contains - let me know</li>
<li>Message content - contains - please advise</li>
<li>Message content - contains - please reply</li>
</ul>

When it's all set up, it <a href="http://static.flickr.com/59/200457834_3a4d7fad8f_o.png">looks like this</a>. The rule will highlight messages that include the words "let me know," "LMK," "please advise," or "please reply." I'm surprised how well it works.

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