To apply a rule to downloaded messages

New rules you create for e-mail or news messages will be applied to new, incoming messages. To apply rules to messages that have already been downloaded to your computer, you can do the following:

1. On the Tools menu, point to Message Rules, and then click News or Mail, depending on whether you want to apply e-mail rules or news rules to downloaded messages.
2. In the Message Rules dialog box, click Apply Now.
3. Select the rules you want applied to messages that have already been downloaded, or click Select All to select all your current rules.
4. Click Browse to select the folders or newsgroups you want to apply the selected rules to.
5. Click Apply Now to apply the selected rules to the folders or newsgroups you designated.

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