How to Junk or Delete Any Email Where the From Name Wildcard


✅ Example How to Junk Any Email Where the From Name Contains “BlueCross”

Outlook lets you create a rule using:

“with specific words in the message header”.

The message header includes the From name, so this works even if the sender name varies:

  • BlueCross
  • BlueCross Hospital
  • BlueCross Billing
  • BlueCross Anything

As long as “BlueCross” appears anywhere in the header, the rule will match.


🛠️ Steps (Windows Outlook desktop)

  1. Go to File → Manage Rules & Alerts
  2. Click New Rule
  3. Choose Apply rule on messages I receive
  4. Under conditions, check:
    “with specific words in the message header”
  5. Click specific words
  6. Add: BlueCross
  7. Click Next
  8. Under actions, choose:
    “move it to the specified folder” → select Junk Email
  9. Save the rule

This will catch any email where the From name contains “BlueCross”.


⚠️ Important limitation (from Microsoft)

Rules do not run on messages that Microsoft’s server already places in Junk.
So this rule only applies to messages that land in your Inbox.

But for your use case — catching variations of a sender name — the header‑word rule works perfectly.


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