Hmmm...so you think that the explanation that's been offered for why my
rules work erratically might not be correct?
"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
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>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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