Ah, WLM -- does that mean Windows Live Messenger? I know nothing about it.
But yup, I'm using Windows Mail.
"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
news:eHfCVYu4HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> 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?
>>
>>
>> "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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