Message Filter Question

[Guest]

I'm using Vista and Office 2007.

In Outlook I am using Outlook to sort 2 different email accounts.

I use a filter to do that. That seems to be working fine.

I have other filters that look for a specific email address and specific
Phrases in the subject line.

Once it finds them I have the message moved to the "Trash bin" in Outlook.

This filter is working but it has a quirk to it. It finds the emails it was
set up for, it moves it to the "Trash Bin", but it leaves a copy in my Inbox.

Why is it doing this??
Can the filters be set to run in a specific order?
Maybe that is what is making this act weird.

Thanks

Bob

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Did you add the "stop processing more rules" to your rule?

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After furious head scratching, Davet102 asked:

| I'm using Vista and Office 2007.
|
| In Outlook I am using Outlook to sort 2 different email accounts.
|
| I use a filter to do that. That seems to be working fine.
|
| I have other filters that look for a specific email address and
| specific Phrases in the subject line.
|
| Once it finds them I have the message moved to the "Trash bin" in
| Outlook.
|
| This filter is working but it has a quirk to it. It finds the emails
| it was set up for, it moves it to the "Trash Bin", but it leaves a
| copy in my Inbox.
|
| Why is it doing this??
| Can the filters be set to run in a specific order?
| Maybe that is what is making this act weird.
|
| Thanks
|
| Bob

 

[Guest]

No I did not, but why would that leave a copy in my in box when I told it to
move it to the trash bin?

Bob

 

[Brian Tillman]

No I did not, but why would that leave a copy in my in box when I
told it to move it to the trash bin?

Because Outlook will test ALL rules against each message, so a copy will be
left in the I\nbox for subsequent rules unless you tell it not to run any
more rules.

 

[Guest]

OK, that makes sense.

I have made that change and will see what happens.

Bob