Paul Brainerd, who coined the phrase “desktop publishing” and turned that idea into one of the most influential pieces of software in personal computing history, died on February 15, 2026, at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was 78 years old and had lived with Parkinson’s disease for many years. Brainerd and others founded […]
When an attacker breaks into a Microsoft 365 or Exchange account, changing your password is not enough to stop the damage. Hackers can silently plant inbox rules that forward, redirect, or delete your emails without you knowing. Worse, a known flaw in Microsoft Exchange allows those rules to be made completely invisible, hidden from you, […]
Microsoft’s new Outlook for Windows has a Rules feature, but it is not the Rules you know. The Outlook (new) ditches client-side rules entirely and replaces them with server-based rules only. That means several actions you may rely on today, like playing a sound alert, running a macro, printing a message, or applying rules to […]
Outlook email rules let you take control of a chaotic inbox by telling Outlook exactly what to do with messages the moment they arrive. Instead of manually sorting newsletters, flagging messages from your boss or deleting routine notifications, a few well built rules handle it all automatically. This guide explains how Outlook rules work, what […]
Outlook Rules are not the only way your email gets sorted, moved, or deleted. Microsoft has built at least eight other features into Outlook and Microsoft 365 that can manage messages automatically or with a single click. From Focused Inbox and Sweep to Quick Steps, Archive, and retention policies, each one works differently and knowing […]
