# Possibly simple Outlook rules question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-simple-outlook-rules-question/401004>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 20, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-simple-outlook-rules-question/401004 "2007-04-20T21:58:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-simple-outlook-rules-question/401004/1 "2007-04-20T21:58:03Z")

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Is it possible to create a single rule where the condition is:

> [@](#):
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> Contains ‘xyz’ in the sender’s address _ **or** _ is from the following people…

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-simple-outlook-rules-question/401004/2 "2007-04-21T13:26:13Z")

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No. but you can create two rules. One says “if mail contains XYZ in the senders address do THIS”. The other one says “if mail is from teh following people do THIS”

The result is the same.

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**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-simple-outlook-rules-question/401004/3 "2007-04-21T13:31:34Z")

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Can a rule be created that checks outgoing mail and warns if a certain criteria have not been met? Example: mail addressed to [joe.blow@address.com](mailto:joe.blow@address.com) must be sent from group “networkops”.