Rules & Alerts question....

[Aaron]

I have set up my Outlook 2003 e-mail inbox to move an
email newsletter that I get everyday to a specific
folder. But, for some reason, this rule doesn't "move" my
email, it only seems to "copy" it.

In other words, I end up with a version of the newsletter
in my general Inbox *and* in the specified folder. I
don't want two copies of this same e-mail. I only want it
to move to the specified folder. I've tried and tried and
can't seem to figure out how to correct this problem. If
someone could help, I'd really appreciate it. Here is
what the rule looks like:

Apply this rule after the message arrives
from <u>Yahoo! Alerts</u>
and on this machine only
moveit to the <u>News Alerts</u> folder

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Does this also happen when you disable all the other rules you might have?

--
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[DebbieG]

It sounds like you need to add "stop processing more rules" to your rule.

I have set up my Outlook 2003 e-mail inbox to move an
email newsletter that I get everyday to a specific
folder. But, for some reason, this rule doesn't "move" my
email, it only seems to "copy" it.

In other words, I end up with a version of the newsletter
in my general Inbox *and* in the specified folder. I
don't want two copies of this same e-mail. I only want it
to move to the specified folder. I've tried and tried and
can't seem to figure out how to correct this problem. If
someone could help, I'd really appreciate it. Here is
what the rule looks like:

Apply this rule after the message arrives
from <u>Yahoo! Alerts</u>
and on this machine only
moveit to the <u>News Alerts</u> folder

 

[Guest]

Well... I haven't tried that. Why do you think that might
work? Could it be that my rules are somehow conflicting
with each other?

-----Original Message-----
Does this also happen when you disable all the other rules you might have?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

I have set up my Outlook 2003 e-mail inbox to move an
email newsletter that I get everyday to a specific
folder. But, for some reason, this rule doesn't "move" my
email, it only seems to "copy" it.

In other words, I end up with a version of the newsletter
in my general Inbox *and* in the specified folder. I
don't want two copies of this same e-mail. I only want it
to move to the specified folder. I've tried and tried and
can't seem to figure out how to correct this problem. If
someone could help, I'd really appreciate it. Here is
what the rule looks like:

Apply this rule after the message arrives
from <u>Yahoo! Alerts</u>
and on this machine only
moveit to the <u>News Alerts</u> folder

.

 

[Guest]

OK. I'm trying that. I'll know by the morning whether it
worked.

Can you explain to me why that would work though? I don't
understand what that "stop processing" rule does.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

If two rules apply to the same message both rules will execute. This is why
you need to order your rules and add the action "stop processing rules" if
you do not want the message to be checked against all the other rules you
might have.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

Well... I haven't tried that. Why do you think that might
work? Could it be that my rules are somehow conflicting
with each other?

-----Original Message-----
Does this also happen when you disable all the other rules you might have?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

I have set up my Outlook 2003 e-mail inbox to move an
email newsletter that I get everyday to a specific
folder. But, for some reason, this rule doesn't "move" my
email, it only seems to "copy" it.

In other words, I end up with a version of the newsletter
in my general Inbox *and* in the specified folder. I
don't want two copies of this same e-mail. I only want it
to move to the specified folder. I've tried and tried and
can't seem to figure out how to correct this problem. If
someone could help, I'd really appreciate it. Here is
what the rule looks like:

Apply this rule after the message arrives
from <u>Yahoo! Alerts</u>
and on this machine only
moveit to the <u>News Alerts</u> folder

.

 

[kenward]

It stops the message from coming under the attention of another rule.

One lower down might also the file to another folder.

MK