Actions a Rule Can Perform

The following table shows the actions you can perform by setting up rules:

Table 1 Actions a Rule Can Perform

Action	Result
Vacation	Sends an automatic reply to the sender of any new items. For example, if you need to be out of the office for several days, your rule could send a reply indicating when you’ll be back. Replies are sent only once per sender.
Delete	Deletes or declines any item when the rule conditions are met. For example, your rule could decline any appointment scheduled for a certain day of the week if you are always unavailable for meetings on that day.
Forward	Forwards items to one or more users when the rule conditions are met. For example, if you are on a core team, you can have a rule forward meeting minutes to extended team members.
Move to Folder	Moves items to a folder when the rule conditions are met. For example, you might want all items with certain words in the Subject box moved to a common folder.
Reply	Sends a prepared reply to the sender when the rule conditions are met. For example, if you need to be out of the office for several days, your rule could send a reply to incoming items indicating when you’ll be back. You can also use Define Conditions to prevent replies going to mail list servers and other large groups.