Rules work on messages as they are received. To run a rule after the mail
has arrived and you have opened it, you would need to manually run rules.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, GRV asked:

| How do you setup an auto-fill rule after closing an opened email?