>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 2:18 PM
>> To: CF-Community
>> Subject: No OR clauses in Outlook Rules
>>
>> Am I interpreting my inability to do this that you can't
>> set up an or
>> clause in an Outlook rule.  I would like to be able to
>> sort messages if
>> they are sent TO a given address OR have a given phrase
>> in the subject
>> line.  But I can not see anyway to do this.

> I must be missing something - but isn't that two rules?

> Rule 1) Do this if the TO address is this.

> Rule 2) Do this if the subject line is this.

Not necessarily...

In my email client, rules are not necessarily mutually exclusive --
you set their order, but a given rule need not stop execution of the
remaining rules for the current piece of mail... So...

Rule 1) if x copy to folder z
Rule 2) if y copy to folder z

May produce different results than

Rule 1) if (x or y) copy to folder z

If you use 2 rules that both stop execution, you produce the same
result, except that subsequent rules aren't processed against the
message:

Rule 1) if x copy to folder z - stop execution
Rule 2) if y copy to folder z - stop execution
Rule 3) not processed if rule 1) or 2) apply


s. isaac dealey     954.522.6080
new epoch : isn't it time for a change?

add features without fixtures with
the onTap open source framework

http://www.fusiontap.com
http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm


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