Rules Wizard changes rule

[Jim Johnson]

I am using Outlook 2002 with all current patches, and I
have one html account and three POP accounts (let's call
the POP accounts A, B and C). 'A' is my main account and
it's messages go to the Inbox. 'B' is a secondary account
and collects a lot of spam. 'C' is my work account.

I want to route all incoming messages from the 'B'
account to the 'B' folder and all the incoming messages
from the 'C' account to the 'C' folder.

I have rules that do this this simple task, only when
saving the 'C' rule, the Rules Wizard ALWAYS re-writes it
to put messages from the 'B' account into the 'C' folder.

As the 'C' rule is listed before the 'B' rule, the result
is that I get all the junk messages from the 'B' account
put in the 'C' folder, and all the messages from the 'C'
account stay in the Inbox.

I've tried deleting the rule and recreating it, but that
doesn't help. How do I get the Rules Wizard to leave the
rule set to the 'C' account instead of switching on its
own to the 'B' account?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Use Stop Processing More Rules after each rule.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.

|I am using Outlook 2002 with all current patches, and I
| have one html account and three POP accounts (let's call
| the POP accounts A, B and C). 'A' is my main account and
| it's messages go to the Inbox. 'B' is a secondary account
| and collects a lot of spam. 'C' is my work account.
|
| I want to route all incoming messages from the 'B'
| account to the 'B' folder and all the incoming messages
| from the 'C' account to the 'C' folder.
|
| I have rules that do this this simple task, only when
| saving the 'C' rule, the Rules Wizard ALWAYS re-writes it
| to put messages from the 'B' account into the 'C' folder.
|
| As the 'C' rule is listed before the 'B' rule, the result
| is that I get all the junk messages from the 'B' account
| put in the 'C' folder, and all the messages from the 'C'
| account stay in the Inbox.
|
| I've tried deleting the rule and recreating it, but that
| doesn't help. How do I get the Rules Wizard to leave the
| rule set to the 'C' account instead of switching on its
| own to the 'B' account?

 

[Jim Johnson]

Thank you for the reply, but obviously I didn't make
myself clear. After I write this simple rule and save it,
Outlook is self-editing the rule and changing the target
POP account from the third account in the list to the
second account ('C' to 'B'). The rule is then applied to
the second POP account(B)rather than the intended third
account(C). Stopping the rule processing doesn't help
this situation.

I've even tried renaming the POP accounts to switch the
alphabetical listing and the rule is always self-edited
to the second account. And yes, when I edit the account
names I fix the problem with what was the third account
by making it the second account, only now the same style
rule for what was the second account and now the third
account is screwed-up in an identical manner.

By any chance is the Rules Wizard limited to using only
two POP accounts in Outlook 2002?

 

[Moochfish]

If anybody knows the ansewr, please email me.
(e-mail address removed).

I have been plagued with this problem as well and haven't been
successful finding a reasonable solution. It seems the only way to fix
it is to delete all the email accounts and reinitialize them. Except
that is bad when you have to redownload email for 30 accounts...