As far as a script run by a rule preventing the application of later rules, no way around that for now. I know many of us have asked if this can be changed, and I presume Microsoft will change it in the future if possible. But not for now.
I use SpamSieve and I've run into the same problem. I redesigned most of my rules that run prior to SpamSieve to be more specific, and tried to set them so that they would not filter out potential spam. That meant one of three things: * removing any rules that operated on very broad criteria such as Account * modifying some rules to allow further rule processing so that SpamSieve still has a crack at the message (not always possible, of course, since MOVE to another folder also stops rule processing) * Rearranging the order of rules carefully so that one rule does not override another in a way I don't want I set up rules, for instance, that move messages into folders based on whether the sender is in a particular category in my address book. I assigned a category "Friends" for instance to all my friends. I did a similar thing for "Work" and "Mac contacts". I have some groups that I also set up primarily as a filtering device; if the sender is in group X, take action Y. Finally, after filtering specific groups and categories, I have a rule that says if the sender is in ANY group, move the message to folder "Others". I have all my mailing lists handled by MLM. So these rules file away all messages I'm almost certain are valid, leaving mail from senders who are not in any of my chosen categories; that's what SpamSieve operates on, and using its script to Move Junk, moves spam to my Junk folder. The Entourage Junk Mail Filer catches some spam before SpamSieve sees it; that spam ends up marked as junk but in my In Box. I still end up with a few spam messages neither JMF nor SpamSieve catch, showing up as incoming mail (not junk) in my In Box. Some of them are near clones of messages I have received over and over again; I can't understand why SpamSieve does not recognize them. If I select them and identify them as spam to SpamSieve I usually have to do so three or more times before SpamSieve finally will flag them as junk and move them. So there is manual intervention for me every day or two. For the most part, though, I'm happy with SpamSieve and how it works. -- Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE/Word (MVPs are volunteers) Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Entourage FAQ site: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> AppleScripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: <http://members.thinkaccess.net/allenwatson@;thinkaccess.net/Scripts/> Entourage Help Pages: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> > From: Lewis Pennock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:52:05 -0600 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: applescripts stop rules > > I have a question that might simply be a logic problem I am not looking at > correctly: > > I am using spamseive to catch incoming spam, but because it is run as an > applescript, and because after entourage runs an applescript in a rule it no > longer applies any other rules on incoming mail, i have to put spamseive at > the end of the rule list. So, in effect, it only catches spam that was not > already affected by any of my rules, and while it keeps spam out of my > in-box, most of my mail, which containts lots of spam, is filed into various > folders based on accounts and other information, and that mail never gets a > chance to be run through the spamseive script. > > Is there a workaround for this problem? I could schedule spamseive to run > on entire folders at intervals, but some of my folders have close to 10,000 > messages so doing this would be too time consuming. plus I would rather try > and catch spam as it comes in, not retroactively search for it. > > Thanks, > > -Lewis > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:Entourage-Talk-Off@;lists.letterrip.com> > archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > old-archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:Entourage-Talk-Off@;lists.letterrip.com> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
