OL2003: Color-coding messages from specific domain

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Alex Wenzel

I try to make the messages from senders within a specific domain (i.e,
my company; think: senders with email addresses ending "@domain.com")
appear in a defined font color in the inbox (this is not about the
"colored flag" you can use to mark a message).
I know how to color-code a message from a specific person (from the
address book) by auto-formatting, and you can color-code a message
whose sender's display name contains the domain part, but you seemingly
cannot go after the sender's mail address itself.
The strange thing is that I can set up a rule in rules wizard that
catches the right messages (by looking for parts of the sender's
address) and gives them a colored flag (which is not enough), but I
can't figure out how to give them another font color. There seems to be
no way from the rules wizard to the auto-formatting.

Any ideas?
 
I use the "Organize" wizard for this.

Select Tools --> Organize
Then select the 'Use Colors' item under 'Ways to Organize Inbox'

When a co-worker is not looking, select color messages from their boss in
White for fun.
 
William said:
I use the "Organize" wizard for this.

Select Tools --> Organize
Then select the 'Use Colors' item under 'Ways to Organize Inbox'

When a co-worker is not looking, select color messages from their boss in
White for fun.
Click to expand...
I already tried that and can't find a way to use the Organize Wizard
for coloring the messages other than entering sender *names* one by
one. I can't find a way to use it for a part of the senders' mail
address. It seems it doesn't even work when you enter the *complete*
mail address, as long as the display name is different. .
I don't know if it works if you create a group in your address book,
and I'm not inclined to keep an ever-changing group of several hundred
people current, anyway..
 
for more advanced things, you need to access it from the Views dialog - do
you see the advanced button to the right of the screen? Click it and choose
autoformatting.
 
Been struggling with this for ages...
Has this ever been answered or is it not possible?
Thanks,
 
Frank said:
Been struggling with this for ages...
Has this ever been answered or is it not possible?
Thanks,
Click to expand...

Maybe that's a job for a VBA programmer, to bring together the right
filter (look for specific domain part of sender's address) and the
right action (auto-formatting)? With Outlook's stock tools, it seems
impossible, although the parts seem to be there.
 
I've succeeded to change the color of the messages coming from a specific domain. That's how I did it: Tools ->Organize->Using Colors. After that, in the text box between "from" and "color" (the middle one where it appeared the mail address which I was on), I manually typed (this is an example): yahoo.com and clicked Apply Color button; and typed again @yahoo.com and clicked Apply Color button; and typed again (e-mail address removed) and clicked Apply Color button; and typed again *@yahoo and clicked Apply Color button. And that was wall. To verify, I clicked on Automatic Formatting button, and all manually introduced options were there. And it worked. Now, all my messages from yahoo domain are colored in one single color.
 
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