Rules - On This Machine Only - Problem

[John A. Gallagher]

I usually try to create rules for mail that comes regularly. I do this by
right-clicking and choosing "Create Rule". Once there I pick the appropriate
options on the page without doing the "Advanced Options". When I click OK, I
then choose to perform the action on the current folder (namely Inbox). To
my surprise, the item is not moved and the rule never works.

On investigation, I found that the rule is set out as "On this machine
only". However, the rule has a name followed by "On other machine" in
parenthesis.

I am confused. There is no "other machine" and the rule does not seem to
work on the only machine involved.

I have found the way out of it - use "Advanced Options" and deselect "On
this machine only". This seems ridiculous however.

What is going wrong with "On this machine only"?

Thanks.

 

[Dave Trotman]

I have exactly the same problem. If I delete the rule
and re-create it exactly as before, it works. If I then
have a look at the rules, the (for other machine) has
gone. I have also noticed that it does not happen every
time either.

Does anybody know what is happening with the rules
option in Outlook 2003?

Thanks.