But if all you want is just a friendly “heads up” whenever something particularly important comes in, that’s what we’re going to talk about now. We’ve talked a bit about the Rules feature before, but mostly in the context of automating the movement of emails into subfolders and out of your inbox. You use Microsoft Outlook’s Rules feature, that’s how.
So with your inbox continually filling up to capacity, how can you make sure you see the critical, gotta-deal-with-it-now emails? Let’s face it: some emails really are more important than others.