"Rick" <blue_no-spam-pls_heron3@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:O4fpMwe6HHA.5212@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Have you been able to narrow it down? Recently I thought I understood
> what was happening, that WM's internal junk mail filter was processing
> messages before my own rules could grab them. But then I realized that
> SOME messages ARE correctly routed to their folders, and that it seems
> entirely random which ones are and which aren't. Now I think it's just
> absolutely erratic. Really annoying. And before getting your message I
> thought I was the only one!
>
> "CSharpner" <CSharpner@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news
EBDD6B2-9603-43BC-96E5-010FB4FC9572@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Me Too! This same problem existed in Outlook Express on XP. I switched
>> to
>> Thunderbird for about 2 years until Vista came out. I thought I'd give
>> the
>> new Windows Mail a try. Though there are improvements over OE, the mail
>> rules are still broken. I may be switching back to Thunderbird again.
>> Their
>> rules always work and their search is far far far superior. I believe MS
>> has
>> spread their developers too thin. There are so many bugs that have been
>> around for years. Though their new stuff is cool, it would be nice for
>> them
>> to concentrate on reliability rather than glitz.
>>
>> "Rick" wrote:
>> Quote:
>>> I'm finding that my Message Rules sometimes don't work -- a message will
>>> end
>>> up in Inbox or Junk Mail rather than the folder I've specified.
>>>
>>>
> Your rules are processed after the junk mail filters and therefore will only
apply to items that pass through the junk mail filters.
All rules that move mail to a folder or delete it must be placed first and
must also have the action "Stop processing more rules" or a later rule might
override them.
--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
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