Creating Folders 

To create a NEW personal folder, follow these steps:

1. Under cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu, select your Inbox folder.
2. Select File > New Folder. The Create a New Folder dialog box appears.
3. In the Name field, enter a name for the folder, and then click OK.

Searching Folders

If you previously used another email client and recently converted to Outlook, you will notice that Outlook does not display the detail of messages that were received prior to your conversion. This makes it difficult to search through old messages.

Follow these steps to index those messages and make them searchable:

1. In Outlook, select Tools > Rules and Alerts. The Rules and Alerts dialog box appears.
2. Click New Rule...
   
3. The Rules Wizard appears. If it isn't already selected, select the radio button to Start creating a rule from a template. Under Stay up to date, select Display mail from someone in the New Item Alert Window; click Next.
   
   
4. De-select the checkbox next to from people or distribution list, and click Next. A message appears, "This rule will be applied to every message you receive. Is this correct?" Click Yes.
5. On the next dialog box, de-select the checkbox next to "display a specific message in the New Item Alert window", and then click Next. A message appears, "This rule does not specify an action to be taken. Continue anyway? Click Yes.
6. Click Next through the exceptions dialog box.
7. The Finish Rule Setup dialog box appears. Enter a name for this rule; you may want to call it Index. Then, select the radio buttons for Run this rule now for messages already in "current folder name" and Turn on this rule. Click Finish to save and run the rule on the folder that you have open.
   Note: This runs the rule on the folder you have open ONLY. To run the rule on your other folders, follow the steps below.
8. To run this rule on your other Outlook folders, open the folder and then select Tools > Rules and Alerts.
9. With the rule (e.g., Index, or whatever you named it) selected, click Run Rule Now.
10. The Run Rules Now dialog box appears. Select the checkbox next to the rule. You may also want to select the checkbox for Include subfolders, and then select Run Now.
    
    
    
11. If you use multiple computers, you will need to create and apply this rule to each computer that you use.