Rules not always working

[Guest]

I have Outlook 2003 installed with all the updates. The mail rules do not
seem to always work. IE: I have a rule for "VIAGRA" with "stop processing" to
delete all junk mail with this word in the subject. Sometimes it works fine
and other times a junk mail ends up in the junk mail folder. If I then go to
"Tools/Rules and Alerts/Run Rules Now" and select the VIAGRA rule the junk
email is deleted fine. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Does it fail when outlook first starts? Outlook often starts collecting mail
before the rules engine loads.

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[Guest]

No - Junk email will end up in the Junk folder and not be deleted by the rule
during the day with Outlook running.

Does it fail when outlook first starts? Outlook often starts collecting mail
before the rules engine loads.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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I have Outlook 2003 installed with all the updates. The mail rules do not
seem to always work. IE: I have a rule for "VIAGRA" with "stop processing"
to
delete all junk mail with this word in the subject. Sometimes it works
fine
and other times a junk mail ends up in the junk mail folder. If I then go
to
"Tools/Rules and Alerts/Run Rules Now" and select the VIAGRA rule the junk
email is deleted fine. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Do you have SP1 installed? In RTM, rules run first, in SP1, junk mail runs
first.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

No - Junk email will end up in the Junk folder and not be deleted by the
rule
during the day with Outlook running.

Does it fail when outlook first starts? Outlook often starts collecting
mail
before the rules engine loads.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

I have Outlook 2003 installed with all the updates. The mail rules do
not
seem to always work. IE: I have a rule for "VIAGRA" with "stop
processing"
to
delete all junk mail with this word in the subject. Sometimes it works
fine
and other times a junk mail ends up in the junk mail folder. If I then
go
to
"Tools/Rules and Alerts/Run Rules Now" and select the VIAGRA rule the
junk
email is deleted fine. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Guest]

I have XP SP2 installed. Is there a separate SP fix for Outlook?

Do you have SP1 installed? In RTM, rules run first, in SP1, junk mail runs
first.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

No - Junk email will end up in the Junk folder and not be deleted by the
rule
during the day with Outlook running.

Does it fail when outlook first starts? Outlook often starts collecting
mail
before the rules engine loads.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/


I have Outlook 2003 installed with all the updates. The mail rules do
not
seem to always work. IE: I have a rule for "VIAGRA" with "stop
processing"
to
delete all junk mail with this word in the subject. Sometimes it works
fine
and other times a junk mail ends up in the junk mail folder. If I then
go
to
"Tools/Rules and Alerts/Run Rules Now" and select the VIAGRA rule the
junk
email is deleted fine. What am I doing wrong?