Using OR in Rules

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Alphonse

Hello,
Is it possible to use OR conditions instead of only AND conditions? Even if
you use a candle, please shine a positive light on this for it would keep me
from having to create several rules for one source which sends me several
e-mails from different departments. Thanks.
Alphonse
 
No.

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Bummer... and to think that the lowly OE can do it.
Thanks for answering.
Cheers

Diane Poremsky said:
No.

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Alphonse said:
Hello,
Is it possible to use OR conditions instead of only AND conditions? Even
if you use a candle, please shine a positive light on this for it would
keep me from having to create several rules for one source which sends me
several e-mails from different departments. Thanks.
Alphonse
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It does OR in the same condition - From Mary OR Sue - but not in multiple
conditions: From Mary or Sent to Sue - but I got the feeling that's not what
you wanted. :)

Although...
You should be able to handle that with the type of OR rule Outloko can
handle..

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Alphonse said:
Bummer... and to think that the lowly OE can do it.
Thanks for answering.
Cheers

Diane Poremsky said:
No.

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Alphonse said:
Hello,
Is it possible to use OR conditions instead of only AND conditions? Even
if you use a candle, please shine a positive light on this for it would
keep me from having to create several rules for one source which sends
me several e-mails from different departments. Thanks.
Alphonse
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You were close to what I wanted; what I want is From abc@xyc or ABC on the
subject because several departments use different mail servers though common
words in the Subject heading, but there are others that use different
Subject headings and, of course, different mail servers as well. My quirk is
that I could create a very long list of e-mail addresses to cover them all,
but when one or more @s change then it becomes a lot of fun trying to find
them in a very long list. If you can see how I could do this, please tell me
because I seem to be blind to the possibilities.

It is a real shame that such useful options are not implemented in two
rather similar products by the same company.

Again, thank you
:-)

Diane Poremsky said:
It does OR in the same condition - From Mary OR Sue - but not in multiple
conditions: From Mary or Sent to Sue - but I got the feeling that's not
what you wanted. :)

Although...
You should be able to handle that with the type of OR rule Outloko can
handle..

--
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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Alphonse said:
Bummer... and to think that the lowly OE can do it.
Thanks for answering.
Cheers

Diane Poremsky said:
No.

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Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
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Hello,
Is it possible to use OR conditions instead of only AND conditions?
Even if you use a candle, please shine a positive light on this for it
would keep me from having to create several rules for one source which
sends me several e-mails from different departments. Thanks.
Alphonse
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Is there anything that is the same between the messages? Specifically, in
the header? if you can find any common denominator that is not used in other
messages, then you can use one filter (words in header condition),
otherwise, not.

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Alphonse said:
You were close to what I wanted; what I want is From abc@xyc or ABC on the
subject because several departments use different mail servers though
common words in the Subject heading, but there are others that use
different Subject headings and, of course, different mail servers as well.
My quirk is that I could create a very long list of e-mail addresses to
cover them all, but when one or more @s change then it becomes a lot of
fun trying to find them in a very long list. If you can see how I could do
this, please tell me because I seem to be blind to the possibilities.

It is a real shame that such useful options are not implemented in two
rather similar products by the same company.

Again, thank you
:-)

Diane Poremsky said:
It does OR in the same condition - From Mary OR Sue - but not in multiple
conditions: From Mary or Sent to Sue - but I got the feeling that's not
what you wanted. :)

Although...
keep me from having to create several rules for one source which sends
me several e-mails from different departments.
Click to expand...

You should be able to handle that with the type of OR rule Outloko can
handle..

--
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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Alphonse said:
Bummer... and to think that the lowly OE can do it.
Thanks for answering.
Cheers

No.

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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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Hello,
Is it possible to use OR conditions instead of only AND conditions?
Even if you use a candle, please shine a positive light on this for it
would keep me from having to create several rules for one source which
sends me several e-mails from different departments. Thanks.
Alphonse
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Alphonse said:
Is it possible to use OR conditions instead of only AND conditions?
Even if you use a candle, please shine a positive light on this for
it would keep me from having to create several rules for one source
which sends me several e-mails from different departments. Thanks.
Click to expand...

Some rules use "OR". For example, the "With specific words in the subject
or body" action seems to put OR between entries as does the "From specific
people or distribution lists". Whilch rule are you trying to use?
 
Alphonse said:
You were close to what I wanted; what I want is From abc@xyc or ABC
on the subject
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Two separate rules, each with the "stop processing more rules" action would
do this.
 
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