1.

Make sure Outlook is open. Click on the Inbox.

2.

Click on Outlook’s default mail message. (If you don’t see a default mail message, take the “Welcome to Microsoft Outlook.msg” file in the Sample Files folder, and drag and drop it into your inbox.)

3.

Once the message is selected, right-click and choose Open.

4.

In the new window, click Edit and click on Edit Message.

5.

In the first line, type Ignore this e-mail message.

6.

Click File and choose Close. Click Yes when asked if you want to save the file.

7.

Back in the Inbox, your message should still be selected. Click Tools and choose Organize.

8.

Click on the Using Colours tab. Fill out the fields so that your window looks like this:

(The full text of the third box reads Outlook Business Contact Manager Team)

Then click Apply Colour.

9.

Close the organize pane using the x in its top right hand corner.

10.

Right-click on the message. Click on Follow-up and click on Purple Flag.

11.

Now press the delete key on your keyboard to delete the message.