Configuring Rules, Alerts, and Junk E-mail Settings in Outlook 2007

Overview/Description
Microsoft Outlook 2007 provides you with the tools you need to efficiently manage your e-mail messages. By using predefined or custom rules and alerts, you can organize your messages by moving, deleting, and forwarding them appropriately, and you can even choose to send an automatic reply to incoming e-mail. Outlook 2007 also provides a Junk E-mail Filter to ensure that any spam or unwanted e-mail messages are dealt with by permanently deleting them or moving them to another folder away from your regular e-mail messages. This course demonstrates how to configure rules and alerts to help organize e-mail messages, and how to adjust the Junk E-mail Filter settings to suit your needs.

Target Audience
Personnel at all levels of the enterprise; end users seeking competency in the use of Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.

Prerequisites
The Microsoft Office 2007: Beginning Outlook learning path or equivalent; basic knowledge of word processing and computing; familiarity with the Microsoft Windows Office environment and a basic understanding of the Internet

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Configuring Rules, Alerts, and Junk E-mail Settings in Outlook 2007

create a rule from a template in a given scenario

create a rule from a message in a given scenario

run a rule manually in a given scenario

modify a rule in a given scenario

create a rule for the Out of Office Assistant in a given scenario

add a rule to a public folder in a given scenario

switch on desktop alerts in a given scenario

extend the onscreen duration of a desktop alert in a given scenario

set up an alert for a SharePoint library in a given scenario

create a new rule from a template in a given scenario

change a rule in a given scenario

create a rule for the Out of Office Assistant in a given scenario

switch on alerts and configure the desktop alert notification in a given scenario

recognize how the Junk E-mail Filter works

recognize the functions of the filter lists

set the level of junk e-mail protection to low in a given scenario

add e-mail addresses to the Safe Senders and Blocked Senders lists in a given scenario

mark an e-mail as not junk in a given scenario

empty the Junk E-mail folder in a given scenario

change the Junk E-mail level of protection to low in a given scenario

add addresses to the Safe Senders and Blocked Senders lists in a given scenario

mark an email as not junk in a given scenario

empty the Junk E-mail folder in a given scenario