i set my rules and nothing happens

[Guest]

rules will not work i trouble shot and still nothing. I just want message
from a contact to go in certan folder. please help.

 

[Brian Tillman]

rules will not work i trouble shot and still nothing. I just want
message from a contact to go in certan folder. please help.

State your Outlook version and the exact text of the rule that will not
work. State if you have any other rules and, if so, where the failing rule
is in the list in relation to the other rules. Give an example of a message
you believe should trigger the rule but does not, taking care to mask any
real addresses in the example. State if the failing message is new and in
the Inbox or in some other folder. State your type of account.

 

[Guest]

outlook 2003, not any rules i set will work. example: From contact put in
specific folder

 

[Brian Tillman]

outlook 2003, not any rules i set will work. example: From contact
put in specific folder

Please answer the rest of the questions I asked.

 

[DarkSentinel]

outlook 2003, not any rules i set will work. example: From contact put in
specific folder

This may seem like an odd question, but are the folders you're wanting the
message moved to added under the Inbox, or under Personal Folders? If they
are under Personal Folders, move them under the Inbox.

Story kept short for sake of brevity. Set up folders for different subjects
under Personal Folders except for two. Rules didn't work except for those I
set up for the two under Inbox. Started testing a non-working rule with
fiancé. Did not work until I moved the folder pertaining to that rule under
the Inbox. Moved all the rest of the folders, and now ALL of my rules are
working.

Have no idea why, but it works. You would think it work no matter where they
are. Worth a shot to try it. HTH