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Automate email forwards from Outlook (desktop, exchange and outloook.com)

How to setup auto-forward rules to send emails from Outlook family products to Parseur

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Forwarding Emails from Outlook Desktop

If you want to forward multiple emails from your Outlook Desktop app to another email address, follow these steps:

  1. Create a New Folder: In Outlook, create a folder named “To Forward” (or any name you prefer).

  2. Move or Copy Messages: Move or copy all the emails you want to forward to the new folder.

  3. Open the Folder: Ensure the “To Forward” folder is open.

  4. Access the Rules Menu:

    • Make sure the “Home” ribbon is open.

    • Click on Rules in the “Move” section.

    • Select Create Rule….

  5. Set Up a Rule:

    • Click on Advanced Options.

    • Click Next > (leave all conditions unchecked).

    • Click Yes to apply the rule to every message you receive.

  6. Choose Forwarding Options:

    • Under “Step 1: Select action(s)”, check Forward it to people or public group (or "forward it to people or distribution list").

    • Under “Step 2: Edit the rule description”, click people or public group (or "people or distribution list").

    • Enter the email address where you want the messages forwarded.

    • Click OK.

  7. Complete the Rule Setup:

    • Click Next > twice.

    • Under “Step 2: Setup rule options”, make sure Turn on this rule is NOT checked.

    • Check Run this rule now on messages already in “To Forward”.

    • Click Finish.

  8. Clean Up: Once done, you can delete the rule and the folder.

Alternative: Automatically import a backlog of emails from Outlook into Parseur

To import a backlog of emails into Parseur from Outlook, simply drag and drop them into your Parseur mailbox. The emails will be uploaded automatically.

Automatically forward new emails from Outlook Web App (Microsoft Exchange)

The instructions below apply to Outlook Web App for Office 365 for corporate accounts (using Microsoft Exchange). If you use the desktop version of Outlook 2007, 2010, 2013, or 2016, refer to this article for more information.

If you use Office 365, you can set up automatic forwarding rules using the Outlook Web App:

  1. In a web browser, sign in to Outlook Web App using the URL provided by the person who manages email for your organization. Enter your username and password, and then click Sign in.

  2. At the top of the page, choose Outlook (or Mail). Or, choose the app launcher Office 365 app launcher icon > Mail.

  3. At the top of the page, select Settings > Options, and then select one of the following: Organize email > Inbox rules > New or Mail > Automatic processing > Inbox rules > New > Create a new rule for arriving messages

  4. Type a name for your rule.

  5. Under When the message arrives, select Apply to all messages or define specific filters.

  6. Under Do the following, select Forward, redirect, or send > Forward the message to.

  7. Enter the email address you want in the To box, or choose it from your list of contacts.

  8. Choose OK to save your selections, and OK or Save to create the rule.

Automatically forward new emails from Hotmail, Microsoft Live or Outlook.com

Instructions below apply if you hold an email from Hotmail, Microsoft Live or Outlook.com.

If you want to forward all emails from your Microsoft account to another account:

  1. Sign in to your Microsoft account and then go to your Inbox page.

  2. Click on the gear icon at the top part of your screen next to your username and then select More mail settings.

  3. Under Managing your account, click Email forwarding.

  4. Select the radio button to Forward your mail to another email account.

  5. Enter the email address to that you want to forward the emails.

  6. If you want, you can check the box for Keep a copy of forwarded messages in your inbox.

  7. Click Save.

If you want to forward specific emails from your Microsoft account to another account:

  1. Sign in to your Microsoft account and then go to your Inbox page.

  2. Click on the gear icon located at the top part of your screen next to your username and then select More mail settings.

  3. Under Customizing Outlook, click on Rules for sorting new messages.

  4. Click on New. Under Step 1: Which messages do you want this rule to apply to? on the first box with the drop-down list, select Sender's address then on the second box, select is. Lastly, type in the email address.

  5.  Under Step 2: What action do you want to apply?, select Forward to and type in the email address where you want the emails to be forwarded.

  6. Click on Save.

FAQ

Question: I get the message "Your message wasn't delivered because the recipient's email provider rejected it". What can I do?

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