Step-By-Step: To Create A Mail Filter In Hotmail

Some people have questions in their mind about their Hotmail account and its use. For instance a user may like to have messages coming up from specific sources automatically filed in various folders instead of jamming the inbox. Question remains that whether it is possible to set up such systems.

Learn the use of Hotmail Account

Despite using Hotmail for years together and also despite enjoying multiple accounts people have not been able to completely figure out the uses to which Hotmail could be put. However it is quite possible to effect some customization with the Hotmail account someone possesses.

The solution – creating mail filter

Logging on to the MSN Hotmail account the user should click on the “mail” tab and go to the inbox. Creating a new folder would be the first step towards this end. It would be proficient creating a new folder with new name to manage the mails and the mail should be placed in the folder using the “put in folder” link. When asked the user should give the new folder name and click “OK” to get the folder listed. Once the folder is created the next step is to create the mail filter. Hence the user must choose “options /mail and thereafter select the custom filters from the said option. Once this is done the “new filter” button must be clicked.

Safety precautions

One of the specific tasks of the filter would be to keep away junk mails from your mailbox. However it is also necessary to ensure that good mails do not go to the junk folder. Selecting the “Junk Mail Folder” icon on the left of the navigation bar and selecting the correct level of sensitivity using the radio button might solve the problem.