What's new in Outlook.com: Advanced rules

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Microsoft has decided to start the week strong. To all the novelties that we have seen between yesterday and today we now add improvements in Outlook.com, the main one being the new rules Advanced to filter mail. And although we haven&39;t been able to test them yet, it seems that advanced is not just marketing ."

"These rules allow you to group several filters and several actions in a single rule that is executed continuously (not only when we receive new emails). The example they put in the official announcement is quite representative of what can be done: If I have an email from one of my contacts that is more than three days old without reading it, mark it as important and highlight it with a flag."

Not only do we have Gmail-style filters - subject, sender, content, etc - but also more advanced ones: according to the date, mail status or number of messages of the same type. The idea is not just to decide what to do with each email as it arrives, but to keep the mailbox organized continuously and automatically.

Outlook.com also has something for those of us who aren't infallible by tapping buttons: an option to undo actions, which is activated with the arrow on the top bar or with the combination Ctrl + Z . The only bad thing is that it still doesn't seem to allow you to undo mailings.

The Microsoft team does not neglect the instant messaging Now recent contacts appear in the lower left corner, we have the possibility to change the chat service (for example, from Skype to Facebook) without closing the conversation with the other person, and we can also filter the list of contacts by the services that each one uses.

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Finally, we can now reply to emails directly without having to click the Reply button and open a new window. As you can see in the image, all you have to do is click on the conversation thread to write and send an email."

In short, a lot of news that shows that Microsoft has not rested on its laurels, and that it remains determined to improve Outlook.com standing up to Gmail and Yahoo! Mail to a lesser extent. All these improvements will be gradually distributed to all users in the coming weeks.

Via | Office Blogs