On or near 7/17/02 12:21 PM, Rick Mann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > I wanted to make a set of rules to move messages that came in from separate > accounts to separate sub-folders of my inbox. > > I thought I would make these rules, based on which account they a message > comes from, then move the message to the appropriate sub-folder, then > CONTINUE processing messages. But for the Move action, you can't deselect > the "stop processing rules" checkbox. Why is this? > > I can put the rule at the end of the rules list, but then I can't have rules > operate on messages that get moved into sub-folders of the inbox, which is > very limiting.
Yes, it is; but we have to live with it for now. If a rule moves a message, or runs an script, no further rules are possible. Part of the reason given is to avoid infinite looping, which could conceivably happen, but it seems a bad solution to an unlikely problem. If you want to operate on anything in folder "x", and you know the criteria for moving things to "x", why not do the operations at the time of the move? Rules can perform multiple actions. Yeah, it means maybe having several rules that do a bunch of the same things, but there are ways to work around it. I agree, as do many people, that the rule handling can stand some improvement. But as is, it's pretty darn good. -- My web page: <http://home.earthlink.net/~allenwatson/> My scripts page: <http:homepage.mac.com/allenwatson> Microsoft MVP for Mac Entourage/Word--<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
