Moving emails to another folder with a rule.

[Guest]

I'm running Outlook for Office 2003 and have a rule set up to move certain
emails from the Inbox to another folder. The email does show up in the folder
but there is still a copy in my Inbox. I double checked to make sure I set it
up as a Move and not a Copy so I don't understand why I wind up with two
copies of a mail. I appreciate any help you can provide.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Is this your only rule or do you have multiple? If multiple rules apply to a
specific mail those rules will execute as well. Sort your rules and use the
action "stop processing more rules" accordingly to solve your issue.

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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I'm running Outlook for Office 2003 and have a rule set up to move certain
emails from the Inbox to another folder. The email does show up in the
folder
but there is still a copy in my Inbox. I double checked to make sure I set
it
up as a Move and not a Copy so I don't understand why I wind up with two
copies of a mail. I appreciate any help you can provide.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm running Outlook for Office 2003 and have a rule set up to move
certain emails from the Inbox to another folder. The email does show
up in the folder but there is still a copy in my Inbox. I double
checked to make sure I set it up as a Move and not a Copy so I don't
understand why I wind up with two copies of a mail. I appreciate any
help you can provide.

It remains in the Inbox because you have other rules following the one that
moves it. Thus, Outlook retains a copy so that it can be tested against
those other rules. Add the "stop processing more rules" action to the move
rule and the behavior you see will stop.