Rules do not move message, they copy, How to stop this?

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Tuesday afternoon

I use 9 rules to put messages where I want them, don't ya know.

ALL rules are set to MOVE the message not copy.

I get messages from 8 groups, some from Yahoo, and some others.

Problem:

a message comes from a one of the groups

the first message filter parses the SUBJECT and copies the message to a designated folder

another filter parses the FROM ADDRESS and copies it to a different designated folder

For one email list the message is copied 4 times.

I do not want to copy message. I want to move them.

I have moved the filters up/down, no difference.

Any thoughts?
 
To each rule's actions, add the "stop processing" action so that each message is processed by a maximum of one rule.

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J said:
a message comes from a one of the groups

the first message filter parses the SUBJECT and copies the message to
a designated folder

another filter parses the FROM ADDRESS and copies it to a different
designated folder

For one email list the message is copied 4 times.

I do not want to copy message. I want to move them.
Click to expand...

Add the "stop processing more rules" action to each rule that moves
something if you don't want subsequent rules to also act upon the message.
 
Thank you all for this.

J said:
a message comes from a one of the groups

the first message filter parses the SUBJECT and copies the message to
a designated folder

another filter parses the FROM ADDRESS and copies it to a different
designated folder

For one email list the message is copied 4 times.

I do not want to copy message. I want to move them.
Click to expand...

Add the "stop processing more rules" action to each rule that moves
something if you don't want subsequent rules to also act upon the message.
 
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