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Windows Live Mail Message Rules
  1. #1


    Bob K Guest

    Windows Live Mail Message Rules

    OK color me dumb, but here is my problem. In Outlook Express I was able to
    move messages for my Hotmail Inbox (or any other folder) to my POP3 inbox and
    then apply Message Rules to the POP3 Inbox. The rules (either all or only
    those selected) would then work properly and the messages would be moved from
    the POP3 Inbox to the various Storage Folders. It seems as though I have
    lost this capability in WLM. Am I missing something simple? or is there a
    workaround that will provide me the same capability?



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  2. #2


    Bogey Man Guest

    Re: Windows Live Mail Message Rules



    "Bob K" <BobK@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:F3177D29-602E-414C-9A02-93CDB7312267@xxxxxx

    > OK color me dumb, but here is my problem. In Outlook Express I was able
    > to
    > move messages for my Hotmail Inbox (or any other folder) to my POP3 inbox
    > and
    > then apply Message Rules to the POP3 Inbox. The rules (either all or only
    > those selected) would then work properly and the messages would be moved
    > from
    > the POP3 Inbox to the various Storage Folders. It seems as though I have
    > lost this capability in WLM. Am I missing something simple? or is there a
    > workaround that will provide me the same capability?

    On my installation of Outlook Express, I always had to manually apply the
    message rules to get them to work after moving messages into the inbox any
    other folder.
    --
    Ron P

    If we are what we eat then: I'm fast,
    cheap and easy and past my best before date





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  3. #3


    ...winston Guest

    Re: Windows Live Mail Message Rules

    Hello Bob,
    Which folder is the destination for the messages to be moved.
    - subfolder in the Pop3 account
    - subfolder in a user created folder in the Storage folders.

    I've created a rule to move a message(your scenario - moved from a Hotmail inbox to a pop3 account's Inbox) to each of the above
    locations with success.
    Note: When applying the rule manually the Storage Folder may be the default location requiring one to to 'browse' to the
    Account(select include subfolders) or the Account Inbox.


    --
    ...winston
    ms-mvp mail


    "Bob K" <BobK@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:F3177D29-602E-414C-9A02-93CDB7312267@xxxxxx

    > OK color me dumb, but here is my problem. In Outlook Express I was able to
    > move messages for my Hotmail Inbox (or any other folder) to my POP3 inbox and
    > then apply Message Rules to the POP3 Inbox. The rules (either all or only
    > those selected) would then work properly and the messages would be moved from
    > the POP3 Inbox to the various Storage Folders. It seems as though I have
    > lost this capability in WLM. Am I missing something simple? or is there a
    > workaround that will provide me the same capability?


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  4. #4


    Michael Santovec Guest

    Re: Windows Live Mail Message Rules

    Like some others, I ran into problems where MANUALLY applying message
    rules didn't seem to work. After playing around with various
    combinations for the last couple of hours, I've identified a BUG in my
    version of WLM.

    I'll describe the bug below.

    Bob if you can confirm if this bug explains your problem, that would
    help.

    Winston, if you can check the rules you tested to see if you see the
    problem or not, that would help as well.

    The Bug applies to rule criteria Where From Contains 'X'.

    A From header can be of two forms:

    1) From: Name <e-mail address>
    2) From: e-mail address

    When Manually applied, the rule does NOT check the e-mail address in
    form #1 within the <:>.

    It will match the e-mail address in form #2. And it will match if
    checking for Name.

    The rule works perfectly when automatically applied to incoming POP3
    message. It will match on the e-mail address in the <>.

    The bug just appears to be with the From header. Testing on the To
    header when Manually applying rules works fine.

    --

    Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



    "...winston" <winstonmvp@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:uvHQTbnwIHA.2068@xxxxxx

    > Hello Bob,
    > Which folder is the destination for the messages to be moved.
    > - subfolder in the Pop3 account
    > - subfolder in a user created folder in the Storage folders.
    >
    > I've created a rule to move a message(your scenario - moved from a
    > Hotmail inbox to a pop3 account's Inbox) to each of the above
    > locations with success.
    > Note: When applying the rule manually the Storage Folder may be the
    > default location requiring one to to 'browse' to the Account(select
    > include subfolders) or the Account Inbox.
    >
    >
    > --
    > ...winston
    > ms-mvp mail
    >
    >
    > "Bob K" <BobK@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    > news:F3177D29-602E-414C-9A02-93CDB7312267@xxxxxx

    >> OK color me dumb, but here is my problem. In Outlook Express I was
    >> able to
    >> move messages for my Hotmail Inbox (or any other folder) to my POP3
    >> inbox and
    >> then apply Message Rules to the POP3 Inbox. The rules (either all or
    >> only
    >> those selected) would then work properly and the messages would be
    >> moved from
    >> the POP3 Inbox to the various Storage Folders. It seems as though I
    >> have
    >> lost this capability in WLM. Am I missing something simple? or is
    >> there a
    >> workaround that will provide me the same capability?
    >
    >

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