Why not let Windows Mail do some of the work of organizing your e-mail messages? By creating rules, you can tell Windows Mail how you want your messages to be treated, based on subject, content, e-mail addresses, and various other factors.
Create Your Rules
Point to Message Rules on the Tools menu, and choose Mail from the submenu to display the New Mail Rule dialog box.
Select the check box for each identifying condition you want in your rule.
Select the check box for each action to be executed when the identifying conditions are met.
Click each link to provide the specific information required to execute the rule.
Type a name for the rule.
Click OK.
Verify the rule in the Message Rules dialog box, and then click OK.
Tip
Create News rules to organize your newsgroups, and create a Block Senders list to have unwanted mail automatically deleted when it comes from a specified e-mail address or domain.
Tip
If a rule already exists, the Message Rules dialog box appears when you choose Message Rules from the Tools menu. Click New to display the New Mail Rules dialog box, or use the tools in the Message Rules dialog box to modify an existing rule or change the order in which the rules are enforced.