I believe the Junk E-mail rules operate before your custom rules do.
So, if WM thinks it is spam, your rules will never touch that message.
Gary VanderMolen
"Rick" <blue_no-spam-pls_heron3@verizon.net> wrote in message news:#vec9pm4HHA.5316@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi -- I'm still having problems and for the life of me I can't figure out why. Here's one Rule Description:
>
> Apply this rule after the message arrives
> Where the To or CC line contains 'psn@lists.colorado.edu'
> Move it to the PSN folder
> and Stop processing more rules
>
> Yet when a message comes in with psn@lists.colorado.edu in the TO field -- it doesn't have any other addresses in the TO field,
> and there's no CC or BCC addresses -- it often (not always, but erratically) for some reason ends up in my Junk folder. There
> are NO other rules that process messages with 'psn@lists.colorado.edu' in the TO field. This rule is the fiteenth of thirty-two
> rules that I have. And it's not by any means the only rule that's causing problems. Any thoughts? Thanks.
>
>
> "brink" <brink.2urkd7@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message news:brink.2urkd7@no-mx.forums.net...
>>
>> Rick;408797 Wrote:
>>> 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
>>
>>
>> --
>> brink
>