Inbox rules (Outlook)

Reconcile Sortfully with your existing Outlook rules.

If you already use Outlook's own inbox rules, Sortfully needs to know about them so the two don't fight over the same message. The Inbox rules page is where you reconcile them.

What this page shows

Sortfully reads your existing Outlook rules (it asked for permission to do this when you connected) and lists each one with:

• A plain-language summary — for example, "If from Bob, move to Projects".
• A risk badge:
• May collide — this rule and Sortfully's filing both want to act on the same mail.
• Review — worth a look, but probably fine.
• Safe — no overlap with Sortfully.

If you have no rules, the page simply says there's nothing to reconcile.

Your choice for each rule

Every rule has a two-way toggle:

• Keep rule — your Outlook rule stays on. Sortfully respects it: anything your rule moves is left alone (see the resolution order — your own rules rank above Sortfully's filing). Keep in mind both can act on mail your rule doesn't catch.
• Disable it — turns the Outlook rule off so Sortfully's filing takes over for those senders.

Rules are kept by default, and changes apply immediately. You can revisit this page any time — for instance, after adding a new Outlook rule.

Which should I choose?

• Keep a rule when it does something Sortfully doesn't, like moving mail by subject or flagging it.
• Disable a rule when it just sorts by sender into a folder — Sortfully's domain filing covers that, and disabling avoids two tools shuffling the same message.