I haven't fully explored this yet, but I think WLM's custom
rules operate *before* the junk filter rules.
I don't want to use WLM's account folders, so I have a
message rule that redirects all incoming mail to a custom
folder. That folder receives everything, including the junk emails.
Gary VanderMolen
"Rick" <blue_no-spam-pls_heron3@verizon.net> wrote in message news:O$x6Q8q4HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> 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
>>>
>>
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