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With Outlook 2000 the "Rules Wizard" appears to invent its own rules!eg. rule-junk mail to junk folder. When spammed I add the sender to junk mail.Run rule now does nothing
...yet new mail is sent to folder...ideas?
by doubledown
Junk Email and moving incoming messages are not the same thing. You cannot move a message using the Junk Email option.
When using the Junk Email option, a rule is automatically created in the Rules Wizard called "Exception list." This rule doesnot move the message anywhere, it will simply change the text color of the message. By adding a user to the Junk Senders list, you will only be able to have the color changed when the message arrives.
To MOVE the message to a different folder you MUST create a different rule. Have it Check messages when they arrive, With specific words in the sender's address (click on "specific words" and type in the email address of the sender), and Move it to the specified folder (click on specified andchoose the folder.)
Now that that's cleared up, make sure that when you Run Rule Now, the checkbox next to the correct rule (i.e. to change color check Exception list, to move to a different folder check your CUSTOM rule), the correct folder is displayed in Run in Folder (i.e. Inbox), the subfolder box is checked if necessary, and All Messages is chosen in Apply Rules To box.
by jimapp
..now why is that not in any text I have read...thank you for clearing that up
Jim
by jimapp
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