More Outlook bugs... Rules are mixing up accounts!

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Grahammer

*sigh*

WHY do the rules in Outlook 2003 keep changing the accounts they are to
apply to.

ie.
"When message arrives through (e-mail address removed) move it to the MYACCOUNT
folder."
....changes to...
"When message arrives through (e-mail address removed) move it to MYACCOUNT
folder."

- These rules were manually entered by me, not imported from OE6.
- This is a fresh installation of Win XP Pro SP1
- Only action in OE6 was to import the old email account settings and
contents through the Transfer Settings Wizard. The Outlook 2003 was
installed and account info imported.

If I fix the rule and click APPLY, it switches back to the broken rule.
 
Grahammer said:
*sigh*

WHY do the rules in Outlook 2003 keep changing the accounts they are to
apply to.

ie.
"When message arrives through (e-mail address removed) move it to the MYACCOUNT
folder."
...changes to...
"When message arrives through (e-mail address removed) move it to MYACCOUNT
folder."

- These rules were manually entered by me, not imported from OE6.
- This is a fresh installation of Win XP Pro SP1
- Only action in OE6 was to import the old email account settings and
contents through the Transfer Settings Wizard. The Outlook 2003 was
installed and account info imported.

If I fix the rule and click APPLY, it switches back to the broken rule.
Click to expand...

For anyone who has similar problems, it appears that when the accounts were
imported from OE6, they were "jumbled". They'd appear in a certain order but
be stored in a different order. For example, choosing account #5 from the
list would give you account #5 from the storage.

The fix was to remove ALL the accounts and manually recreate them. Once I
did that I was able to recreate my rules and everything seems stable now.
 
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