Ah, that would explain it. I've always assumed that WM would see my rules
and understand that if a message matches any of them, I'm implicitly
declaring it legitimate mail. I have another email program whose junk mail
filter is simply another rule, and I just make that rule my LAST one. Works
perfectly: if a message doesn't meet any of these rules, then it's junk.
That algorithm seems more logical to me.
I subscribe to a number of email listservs, often on yahoogroups, and I'd
like to route messages from them to special folders. They come in to me
with a unique email address in the TO: field such as
'groupname@yahoogroups.com'. The FROM field could be anyone, but I still
want the message routed to my special folder. I should be able to have a
rule based on the TO field kick in before WM looks at the FROM field,
doesn't recognize the sender, and declares it junk! There's no way I can
put every member of all my email groups in my approved sender list--I don't
know them all and don't want to!
Thanks for any thoughts.
"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
news:%23XMTWEo4HHA.5316@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>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
>>
>