Not sure which explanation you are referring to, but my previous
post was about WLM (not WM). I see you are using WM.
Gary VanderMolen
"Rick" <blue_no-spam-pls_heron3@verizon.net> wrote in message news:O#tUzIt4HHA.5804@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hmmm...so you think that the explanation that's been offered for why my rules work erratically might not be correct?
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> "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message news:OCEfyAt4HHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>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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