Create rule

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a messageRule object by specifying a set of conditions and actions.

Outlook carries out those actions if an incoming message in the user's Inbox meets the specified conditions.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	❌

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	MailboxSettings.ReadWrite	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	MailboxSettings.ReadWrite	Not available.
Application	MailboxSettings.ReadWrite	Not available.

HTTP request

POST /me/mailFolders/inbox/messageRules
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/inbox/messageRules

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

In the request body, supply the parameters that are applicable to your rule. The following are body parameters that are typically used when creating rules. You can specify any other writable messageRule properties as appropriate in the request body.

Name	Type	Description
actions	messageRuleActions	Actions to be taken on a message when the corresponding conditions, if any, are fulfilled. Required.
conditions	messageRulePredicates	Conditions that when fulfilled, will trigger the corresponding actions for that rule. Optional.
displayName	String	The display name of the rule. Required.
exceptions	messageRulePredicates	Represents exception conditions for the rule. Optional.
isEnabled	Boolean	Indicates whether the rule is enabled to be applied to messages. Optional.
sequence	Int32	Indicates the order in which the rule is executed, among other rules. Required.

Response

If successful, this method returns 201 Created response code and a messageRule object in the response body.

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/inbox/messageRules
Content-type: application/json

{
    "displayName": "From partner",
    "sequence": 2,
    "isEnabled": true,
    "conditions": {
        "senderContains": [
          "adele"
        ]
     },
     "actions": {
        "forwardTo": [
          {
             "emailAddress": {
                "name": "Alex Wilbur",
                "address": "AlexW@contoso.com"
              }
           }
        ],
        "stopProcessingRules": true
     }
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new MessageRule
{
	DisplayName = "From partner",
	Sequence = 2,
	IsEnabled = true,
	Conditions = new MessageRulePredicates
	{
		SenderContains = new List<string>
		{
			"adele",
		},
	},
	Actions = new MessageRuleActions
	{
		ForwardTo = new List<Recipient>
		{
			new Recipient
			{
				EmailAddress = new EmailAddress
				{
					Name = "Alex Wilbur",
					Address = "AlexW@contoso.com",
				},
			},
		},
		StopProcessingRules = true,
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Me.MailFolders["{mailFolder-id}"].MessageRules.PostAsync(requestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc users mail-folders message-rules create --user-id {user-id} --mail-folder-id {mailFolder-id} --body '{\
    "displayName": "From partner",\
    "sequence": 2,\
    "isEnabled": true,\
    "conditions": {\
        "senderContains": [\
          "adele"\
        ]\
     },\
     "actions": {\
        "forwardTo": [\
          {\
             "emailAddress": {\
                "name": "Alex Wilbur",\
                "address": "AlexW@contoso.com"\
              }\
           }\
        ],\
        "stopProcessingRules": true\
     }\
}\
\
'

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewMessageRule()
displayName := "From partner"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
sequence := int32(2)
requestBody.SetSequence(&sequence) 
isEnabled := true
requestBody.SetIsEnabled(&isEnabled) 
conditions := graphmodels.NewMessageRulePredicates()
senderContains := []string {
	"adele",
}
conditions.SetSenderContains(senderContains)
requestBody.SetConditions(conditions)
actions := graphmodels.NewMessageRuleActions()


recipient := graphmodels.NewRecipient()
emailAddress := graphmodels.NewEmailAddress()
name := "Alex Wilbur"
emailAddress.SetName(&name) 
address := "AlexW@contoso.com"
emailAddress.SetAddress(&address) 
recipient.SetEmailAddress(emailAddress)

forwardTo := []graphmodels.Recipientable {
	recipient,
}
actions.SetForwardTo(forwardTo)
stopProcessingRules := true
actions.SetStopProcessingRules(&stopProcessingRules) 
requestBody.SetActions(actions)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
messageRules, err := graphClient.Me().MailFolders().ByMailFolderId("mailFolder-id").MessageRules().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

MessageRule messageRule = new MessageRule();
messageRule.setDisplayName("From partner");
messageRule.setSequence(2);
messageRule.setIsEnabled(true);
MessageRulePredicates conditions = new MessageRulePredicates();
LinkedList<String> senderContains = new LinkedList<String>();
senderContains.add("adele");
conditions.setSenderContains(senderContains);
messageRule.setConditions(conditions);
MessageRuleActions actions = new MessageRuleActions();
LinkedList<Recipient> forwardTo = new LinkedList<Recipient>();
Recipient recipient = new Recipient();
EmailAddress emailAddress = new EmailAddress();
emailAddress.setName("Alex Wilbur");
emailAddress.setAddress("AlexW@contoso.com");
recipient.setEmailAddress(emailAddress);
forwardTo.add(recipient);
actions.setForwardTo(forwardTo);
actions.setStopProcessingRules(true);
messageRule.setActions(actions);
MessageRule result = graphClient.me().mailFolders().byMailFolderId("{mailFolder-id}").messageRules().post(messageRule);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const messageRule = {
    displayName: 'From partner',
    sequence: 2,
    isEnabled: true,
    conditions: {
        senderContains: [
          'adele'
        ]
     },
     actions: {
        forwardTo: [
          {
             emailAddress: {
                name: 'Alex Wilbur',
                address: 'AlexW@contoso.com'
              }
           }
        ],
        stopProcessingRules: true
     }
};

await client.api('/me/mailFolders/inbox/messageRules')
	.post(messageRule);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\MessageRule;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\MessageRulePredicates;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\MessageRuleActions;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Recipient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\EmailAddress;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new MessageRule();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('From partner');
$requestBody->setSequence(2);
$requestBody->setIsEnabled(true);
$conditions = new MessageRulePredicates();
$conditions->setSenderContains(['adele', 	]);
$requestBody->setConditions($conditions);
$actions = new MessageRuleActions();
$forwardToRecipient1 = new Recipient();
$forwardToRecipient1EmailAddress = new EmailAddress();
$forwardToRecipient1EmailAddress->setName('Alex Wilbur');
$forwardToRecipient1EmailAddress->setAddress('AlexW@contoso.com');
$forwardToRecipient1->setEmailAddress($forwardToRecipient1EmailAddress);
$forwardToArray []= $forwardToRecipient1;
$actions->setForwardTo($forwardToArray);

$actions->setStopProcessingRules(true);
$requestBody->setActions($actions);

$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->mailFolders()->byMailFolderId('mailFolder-id')->messageRules()->post($requestBody)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Mail

$params = @{
	displayName = "From partner"
	sequence = 2
	isEnabled = $true
	conditions = @{
		senderContains = @(
		"adele"
	)
}
actions = @{
	forwardTo = @(
		@{
			emailAddress = @{
				name = "Alex Wilbur"
				address = "AlexW@contoso.com"
			}
		}
	)
	stopProcessingRules = $true
}
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
New-MgUserMailFolderMessageRule -UserId $userId -MailFolderId $mailFolderId -BodyParameter $params

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.message_rule import MessageRule
from msgraph.generated.models.message_rule_predicates import MessageRulePredicates
from msgraph.generated.models.message_rule_actions import MessageRuleActions
from msgraph.generated.models.recipient import Recipient
from msgraph.generated.models.email_address import EmailAddress
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = MessageRule(
	display_name = "From partner",
	sequence = 2,
	is_enabled = True,
	conditions = MessageRulePredicates(
		sender_contains = [
			"adele",
		],
	),
	actions = MessageRuleActions(
		forward_to = [
			Recipient(
				email_address = EmailAddress(
					name = "Alex Wilbur",
					address = "AlexW@contoso.com",
				),
			),
		],
		stop_processing_rules = True,
	),
)

result = await graph_client.me.mail_folders.by_mail_folder_id('mailFolder-id').message_rules.post(request_body)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response. Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
  "id":"AQAAAJ5dZqA=",
  "displayName":"From partner",
  "sequence":2,
  "isEnabled":true,
  "hasError":false,
  "isReadOnly":false,
  "conditions":{
    "senderContains":[
      "ADELE"
    ]
  },
  "actions":{
      "stopProcessingRules":true,
      "forwardTo":[
        {
          "emailAddress":{
            "name":"Alex Wilbur",
            "address":"AlexW@contoso.com"
          }
        }
      ]
  }
}