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Wichita IT Support Tip for May 4th, 2011
(May the 4th be with you.)
If you’re like me, you get a lot of email. Really. It’s crazy. As a network consultant, I get standard support requests, server status updates, power outage notifications and a bevy of newsletters that keep me up to date on all those things that computer support people need to know. Let’s just say that sometimes I get behind and am staring at 2,500 messages in my inbox, and it’s reminding me that in the middle of that mess are 106 emails that I haven’t read yet.
Let’s make life easier, shall we?
In Outlook 2010, look to the far right of the toolbar. Look for ‘Filter E-mail’ with the ubiquitous funnel icon:
Filter E-mail Option in Outlook 2010
Pretty Easy. A quick rundown:
- Unread: Shows you just your emails that haven’t been marked as read yet.
- Has Attachments: I like to use this when I remember someone sent me an attachment, but has sent me a hundred emails over the last month.
- This Week: Flies out to let you filter by day, week, etc.
- Categorized: Let’s talk about this one in a later post!
- Flagged: Shows only your flagged email (for Follow-Ups)
- Important: Shows only those emails that were probably only important to the sender.
- Sent to: Me or CC: Me: Great for more corporate environments where you want to filter out messages sent to distribution groups
- View Items Expiring Soon: Again, let’s talk about this one later!
- More Filters: Can be misleading. When you click it, nothing may seem to happen, but your normal icon bar is changed to the Search icon bar, where you have quite a few more options.
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