wrote:

But I would like to autosort messages into seperate folders using
outlook's rules. I'm looking for a good way to attach extra data to a
message that would designate it as related to a project and create a
consistent element that I could use to sort the majority of my mail
automatically.

There are a number of conditions that can allow you to do that, provided
those conditions can test for something that differentiates the messages.
For example, you can put all incomong or outgoing messages from or to a
particular person or containing particular words in the subjects into a
specific folder or assign them to a specific category. You should review
the conditions Rules and Alerts can test to see if any meet your needs.

If you find that none does, there are third-party rules engines that may
help. Start he http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.htm#other
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Brian Tillman