Outlook should let me select all rules in "Run Now" mode.

[Guest]

Why I'm being asked to post a *suggestion* in a discussion group about
*questions* is beyond my comprehension, but that's apparently what Uncle Bill
wants, so here goes.

It's the second most common problem I have in Outlook: A brief network
outage has taken one of my PSTs offline and a message comes in which is
filtered to a folder in that PST. This forces Outlook to fail a rule (why,
exactly, does that become a permanent change anyway?) and sometime later,
having finally discovered a plethora of messages in my Inbox that are
SUPPOSED to be going somewhere else, I go to Tools -> Rules and have to turn
them back on...and ALSO request that my Rules be "Run Now". Except now I
have to tell it which rules to run, and what seems like a really, really
obvious desire for most users is that I'd like to run all of them thank you
very much. But, alas, there does not appear to be a "Select All" button, so
now I have to either get RSI turning them all on, or remember which ones
failed (which I just turned back on so I can't go back and look anymore),
find them in my list, and manually check them for running. Grrr.....


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[Brian Tillman]

It's the second most common problem I have in Outlook: A brief
network outage has taken one of my PSTs offline and a message comes
in which is filtered to a folder in that PST. This forces Outlook to
fail a rule

"Uncle Bill" has already posted in clear terms that you're not supposed to
have network-served PSTs, so, when you do something "illegal", sometimes you
get pinched.

 

[Guest]

This problem also occurs when Outlook fails to log into a remote SMTP server,
which happens more often than a network-based PST going away.

Since that is not "illegal" behavior, the problem persists and the pinch
remains unwarranted.

 

[Brian Tillman]

This problem also occurs when Outlook fails to log into a remote SMTP
server, which happens more often than a network-based PST going away.

You do not lose connection to a PST if you can't connect to an SMTP server.
I simply don't believe it, because I've been in that situation and my PST
certainly remains connected to Outlook. The only effect is that you can't
send your messages.

Since that is not "illegal" behavior, the problem persists and the
pinch remains unwarranted.

Not the same thing at all.

 

[Guest]

You do not lose connection to a PST if you can't connect to an

SMTP server.

Therefore you can safely deduce that this is not the problem I am describing.

I previously had difficulty understanding why you insisted on addressing
tangential subjects on this thread, but I entertained it. Now you're
discussing imaginary subjects. Guess we're done entertaining that.

Not the same thing at all.

At least you were able to figure that much out on your own.


So...back to the topic of this thread:

I have had Outlook fail rules for a variety of reasons. I know network
disruptions for network-based PSTs has been one of those reasons.

I also have a recurring problem on one system where I suspect there seems to
be an interaction issue between Outlook and Norton Internet Security. No
amount of twiddling with either, including deinstallation and reinstallation,
seems to cure it.

I have also seen Outlook fail a rule because a message qualified for
multiple rules, and it was unable to move the message when the second rule
triggered because the message was no longer where the trigger said it would
be.

I think three diverse examples should be enough for any intelligent observer
to realize that we are not talking about one problem CAUSE. We are talking
about one problem EFFECT.

THE TOPIC OF THIS THREAD is not about what causes the failing of the rule.
The topic of this thread is about a convenience option that should exist on
the tools which are used to execute recover from the problem.

So...are you willing to discuss the issue, or will you continue to skirt it?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Therefore you can safely deduce that this is not the problem I am
describing.

You said "This problem also occurs when Outlook fails to log into a remote
SMTP server". Since that was the problem to OP described, then you
misstated yourself.

I previously had difficulty understanding why you insisted on
addressing tangential subjects on this thread, but I entertained it.
Now you're discussing imaginary subjects. Guess we're done
entertaining that.

You're the one who said "also occurs" then referring to the original problem
of "A brief network outage has taken one of my PSTs offline "

So...back to the topic of this thread:

Follow your own advice and read the very first message in the thread.

I also have a recurring problem on one system where I suspect there
seems to be an interaction issue between Outlook and Norton Internet
Security. No amount of twiddling with either, including
deinstallation and reinstallation, seems to cure it.

Now you're changing the topic of the thread. Start a new one instead.

 

[Guest]

Now you're changing the topic of the thread.

The topic of this thread has always been, and continues to be:

Outlook should let me select all rules in "Run Now" mode.