Adding color to your incoming email

Not all emails are equally important for me. Messages from my friends rank higher than some newsletters, for example.

I like to have Outlook Express highlight them automatically with a color so I can quickly and easily concentrate on these important emails.



To highlight one sender's mail with a color automatically in Outlook Express:



Select Tools | Message Rules | Mail... from the menu.

Click the New... button.

Make sure Where the From line contains people is selected under conditions.

Select Highlight it with color under Actions.

Click on contains people in the Rule Description.

Enter the sender's email address or select it from the address book using the Address Book... button.

Click OK.

Click on color in the Rule Description.

Use the Color: drop-down menu to select the color Outlook Express should use to highlight matching emails.

(Optional)Give the new filter a descriptive name under Name of the rule:.

(Something like "email.guide -> navy" maybe).

Click OK.

Click OK again.



Credit: Heinz Tschabitscher, at About.com