"Peter.R" <Peter.R@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eGz4j3YoIHA.4620@xxxxxx
Quote:
> From what I can tell, we have to subscribe to a newsgroup before it will
> be listed in the 'Select Newsgroup' dialog box when creating that rule. So
> I suspect that that newsgroup also has to be subscribed to in the news
> account we want the rule applied to. It will then be listed under that
> account in the 'Select Newsgroup' dialog box, and we would need to select
> it there when creating that rule.
>
> In other words, I think you have to subscribe to the alt.usenet.kooks
> newsgroup within the account you want the rule applied to, then create a
> new rule where you select that newsgroup under that account in the 'Select
> Newsgroup' dialog box.
>
> I would be interested to know if the rule still works after you
> unsubscribe to the newsgroup selected in that rule.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Peter
> (Windows Vista Home Premium with Windows Live Mail 12.0.1606)
> "There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in
> your philosophy." - Shakespeare
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>
> "JIP" <fred@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:O1zffAVoIHA.4024@xxxxxx
> Quote:
>> Hi, I have a message rule that says "Apply this rule after the message
>> arrives Where the message is on alt.usenet.kooks newsgroup Delete it "
>> The theory is that it will automatically delete posts that have been
>> crossposted to that group. It used to work in Outlook Expres, and I'm
>> trying
>> it in WLM to see if it still works.
>>
>>
>> Now, on my ISPs newsgroup server, that group never shows any messages
>> because they are deleted by the rule. However, I subscribed to the group
>> on
>> another server that I use, and messages are being downloaded. I would
>> have
>> thought the rule would be independent of the server? So why are messages
>> being deleted from the group on one server, but not the other?
>>
>> Thanks
Spot on - created a new rule and selected the group on the other server, and
it worked.
No idea if it will work after unsubscribing, but will experiment on that.
Many thanks