Rules problem

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G. D. Curry

I recently migrated from Outlook Express to Outlook 2002
and had to do some re-creation of a few rules, but that's
not what this question is about.

I have 4 different mail accounts being checked, and 2 of
them I want to go to their own inbox. I created folders
for them and rules for "if message comes through the
specified account move it to the specified folder". These
work fine, but the problem is that some of the messages
from those accounts have other rules set up so they move
to a different folder.

When I used Outlook Express, the order of the rules was
important because if a rule moved a message it did so
immediately and before any other rules coule apply to it.
If I had the rules in the wrong order, things would be in
the wrong folder. I got used to that and it was good.

Now I'm getting copies of messages in ALL folder that the
message could be sent to via a rule.

Foe example, I have a rule that puts all correspondence
from my boss in a special folder. If my boss sends me
something through my personal email account (not my
business account) then I have a copy both in my personal
mail folder and my boss mail folder. Both rules are set
up to MOVE messages to the specified folder, not copy.

Has anyone else had this problem? What can I do about it?

G. Douglas Curry
 
If you want a certain rule to be the only rule that acts upon a particular
message, add "stop processing more rules" to it. Otherwise, the message
will pass down through the whole list of rules, and any rules where the
message meets the criteria will be applied.

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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