Run rules manually

If you want to manually run one or more rules, do the following:

  1. Click the File tab.

  2. Click Manage Rules & Alerts.

  3. Click Run Rules Now.

  4. In the Run Rules Now dialog box, under Select rules to run, select the check box next to each rule that you want to run.

  5. In the Run in Folder box, if you want to select a different folder, click Browse, click the folder, and then click OK.

    Select the Include subfolders check box to include all folders under the folder that was specified in step 5.

  6. In the Apply rules to list, the default is all messages. You can change this to read or unread messages.

  7. Click Run Now.