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**Brink** · 08-03-2007

Quote: Originally Posted by Rick

I'm finding that my Message Rules sometimes don't work -- a message will
occasionally end up (seemingly randomly) in my Inbox or Junk Mail rather
than the folder I've specified. A typical rule has action = 'Move it to the
specified folder', description is typically "from [a sender]" or "to [a
sender]", and then the message is moved to the specified folder. I always
make sure to include 'Stop Processing More Rules'. I have about 30 rules.
Am I doing something wrong? Thanks.

Hi Rick,

You are on the right track, but you need to double check to make sure that you do not have any conflicting message rules. It might be easier to write them all down exactly as they appear and sort through them that way. It's simple, but time consuming.

Shawn

08-03-2007	#2 (permalink)
Brink Administrator Join Date: Apr 2007 Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,818 posts	Re: Message Rules working erratically? Quote: Originally Posted by Rick I'm finding that my Message Rules sometimes don't work -- a message will occasionally end up (seemingly randomly) in my Inbox or Junk Mail rather than the folder I've specified. A typical rule has action = 'Move it to the specified folder', description is typically "from [a sender]" or "to [a sender]", and then the message is moved to the specified folder. I always make sure to include 'Stop Processing More Rules'. I have about 30 rules. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks. Hi Rick, You are on the right track, but you need to double check to make sure that you do not have any conflicting message rules. It might be easier to write them all down exactly as they appear and sort through them that way. It's simple, but time consuming. Shawn
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