rules not working

[Danny J]

Hi folks

I have rules set up but they don't seem to work. Spam with my list of
excluded words regularly get through. I created a template for an
autoresponder...the rule worked fine until I tried to delete it....and then
it would not.

Are these known problems or should I just reinstall?

Thanks,

Danny

 

[Joseph Meehan]

Hi folks

I have rules set up but they don't seem to work. Spam with my list of
excluded words regularly get through. I created a template for an
autoresponder...the rule worked fine until I tried to delete it....and then
it would not.

Are these known problems or should I just reinstall?

Thanks,

Danny

You might want to take a careful look at those words that are getting
through. The senders often use "wa||" or waII for wall for example In the
first case the lower case "L" was replaced by a bar and the second it was
replaced with an upper case "i".

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

1) reinstall rarely solves anything.
2) do the rules work if you let outlook run all the time? there are problems
with rules on the first mail pass after opening outlook but if you leave it
open, it should work. also, rules don't work well on HTML.

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[Danny J]

Thanks Diane,

The spam is HTML.

Danny

1) reinstall rarely solves anything.
2) do the rules work if you let outlook run all the time? there are problems
with rules on the first mail pass after opening outlook but if you leave it
open, it should work. also, rules don't work well on HTML.

--
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/

Vote for your favorite Outlook and Exchange utilities in the
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Hi folks

I have rules set up but they don't seem to work. Spam with my list of
excluded words regularly get through. I created a template for an
autoresponder...the rule worked fine until I tried to delete it....and
then
it would not.

Are these known problems or should I just reinstall?

Thanks,

Danny

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have rules set up but they don't seem to work. Spam with my list of
excluded words regularly get through.

Rules don't scan HTML mesages well. Perhaps the SPAM is in HTML.