Thus spake Norman W. Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm puzzled. For a variety of reasons, I've set up rules (rather than > MailingLists actions) for several 'listservs I participate in. Yet, despite > the fact that there is no rule (at all) that moves messages I send to these > lists to another folder, they are being so moved.
First, a reminder to all that "Listserv" is not a generic term for mailing list. It's a software package and registered trademark of L-Soft <http://www.lsoft.com>. Norman, rules are applied in order, top to bottom. Perhaps there is a rule higher up in the list that is "grabbing" messages with your name or email address before they can reach your mailing list rule? The easiest way to test for messages from a mailing list list is to look in the "To" field for the list address, e.g. TO is "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or TO contains Entourage-Talk or something like that. No need to include your information at all, unless you want to treat your messages to the list differently. For instance, I have a rule that sets messages from my boss to high priority and a noticeable color. But I do NOT want this rule to be applied to messages he sends to a mailing list we both belong to, so my rule is FROM contains boss's name AND ANY RECIPIENT contains my name That way, mail from my boss to a mailing list is not processed unless he has specifically CC'd me. (I've never seen him use BCC, so this is pretty safe.) So check your rules to make sure they do what you really want them to, and move any rules that move or delete messages to the bottom, since processing stops when this happens. Hope this helps, peter -- 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/>
