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You can check these tasks in your task folder. Thereafter, once you receive the emails that accord with rule conditions, Outlook will create the corresponding tasks automatically. After confirming no errors, you can click “Finish” button. Here you can assign a new name for this rule and review the rule descriptions. Finally click two “OK”, you will get into the final screen.And a new small dialog box of “Select Script” will show up, you could pitch on the previously added macro and click “OK”. In “Step 2” box, click on “a script” link. Later you would be required to select the action – “Run a script”.After regulating the condition as per your needs, click “Next” button.In the popup “Rule Address” dialog, double click on your boss’s email address and hit “OK”.Then click on “people or public group” link in “Step 2”.For example, if you want to create new tasks when receiving emails from your boss: Subsequently, in the latter screen, you can specify the rule condition, namely what kind of emails which you want to create new tasks from.

You should pitch on “Apply rule on messages I receive” and hit “Next” button.

Another dialog box of “Rules Wizard” will arise.

In the new popup dialog box of “Rules and Alerts”, click “New Rule”.

From the drop down menu, select “Manage Rules & Alerts”.

Next shift back to “Home” tab and click on “Rules” button in “Move” group.

After that, minimize the current “Visual Basic” screen and back to Outlook main window.Set NewTask = obApp.CreateItem(olTaskItem) Sub CreateNewTask(Item As Outlook.MailItem) Then in the popup “ThisOutlookSession” window, you need to copy and paste the following codes into it, like the screenshot:.In the subsequent window, find and double click on “ThisOutlookSession” in the project list at the left side.Now go to “Developer” tab and click on “Visual Basic” button.Click several “OK” to activate the changes and back to Outlook main window.Next in “Trust Center” window, switch to “Macro Settings” tab and then select “Notifications for all macros”.In “Outlook Options”, shift to “Trust Center” tab and click “Trust Center Settings” button.Go to “File” menu and select “Options”.At first, launch Outlook and enable macros.Auto Create New Tasks When Receiving Specific Emails If you are interested in this capability, please read on. However, you still can realize it with the help of rules and VBA. Outlook has no native support to automatically create new tasks when receiving specific emails. If you have this wish, you still can achieve it by the method introduced in this article. But Outlook doesn’t offer this feature by default. Someone hopes that Outlook can create new tasks automatically when specific emails land into their mailbox.