windows mail: delete, rules, inbox

[Guest]

My Windows mail under Vista Ultimate, will not respond to the empty deleted
items folder command. It also looses any message rules I create after one
time. Rules I do create "cannot be applied" I have to click on another mail
folder before I can click on Inbox and see messages in the inbox. I have all
of the latest updates installed.

 

[Guest]

My Windows mail under Vista Ultimate, will not respond to the empty
deleted
items folder command. It also looses any message rules I create after one
time. Rules I do create "cannot be applied" I have to click on another
mail
folder before I can click on Inbox and see messages in the inbox. I have
all
of the latest updates installed.

Download and install this fix, with Windows Mail not running:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/941090

Although it's labelled as for messages stuck in the Outbox, it also works
on other folders. If you don't know whether to use the 32-bit version or
the 64-bit version, try the 32-bit version first. If you have a Norton or
McAfee antivirus program, expect to need the same fix again, although
not immediately.

 

[mac]

My Windows mail under Vista Ultimate, will not respond to the empty
deleted
items folder command. It also looses any message rules I create after one
time. Rules I do create "cannot be applied" I have to click on another
mail
folder before I can click on Inbox and see messages in the inbox. I have
all
of the latest updates installed.

I am off to bed, past 1am here, so if what I throw at you fails, then others
can pick up the flack for now

A fix as been released by M$ to resolve the problem of undeletable mails:

"Messages may be stuck in the Outbox when you use Windows Mail on a computer
that is running Windows Vista"

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/941090

Ensure!! that you have a mail account set as the "default account":
Tools>accounts>mail>set as default.
Now try to apply the rules?

Go to view>current view>and select the top and bottom options only.

If you have Norton or McAfee AV applications then you may need to consider
alternatives such as AVG Free, or Avast Free.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, 1 down 3 to go

Bruce

Download and install this fix, with Windows Mail not running:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/941090

Although it's labelled as for messages stuck in the Outbox, it also works
on other folders. If you don't know whether to use the 32-bit version or
the 64-bit version, try the 32-bit version first. If you have a Norton or
McAfee antivirus program, expect to need the same fix again, although
not immediately.

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

My Windows mail under Vista Ultimate, will not respond to the empty
deleted
items folder command. It also looses any message rules I create after one
time. Rules I do create "cannot be applied" I have to click on another
mail
folder before I can click on Inbox and see messages in the inbox. I have
all
of the latest updates installed.

Rules are stored in the Registry. You may have a security program blocking
the Registry changes WinMail has to make to store your rules. A few, but
not all, of the programs now doing this are:
Ad-aware's Ad-Watch
IBM Access Connections
McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware
Norton AV
Spyware Blaster
Spybot> Tools> IE Tweaks
Spybot- Teatimer
Spysweeper
Spyware Doctor
Windows Defender
Zone Alarm (free) 6.5 Reported to be fixed in later versions.

Norton and McAfee cause a lot of problems for Windows Mail and several other
email programs and should be uninstalled.

Boot into Safe Mode with Networking and try the change.