On or near 9/5/03 9:34 AM, Brent at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:
> On 9/3/03 15:19, "Allen Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Mickey's rules work. Apparently, your message got processed by some rule
>> earlier than those two. Try, as an experiment, putting them at the top of
>> your rules list, and then select the spam message and "apple all rules", and
>> see if it does not move to junk. If it does, you have to determine what rule
>> is firing before it reaches those two rules in their normal place, and fix
>> it.
>
> Thanks Allen, I had only two rules, but the "if in address book" was
> incorrect. I corrected it and it works fine.
>
> These are my first rules, thanks for being gentle, folks. Over 4 years of
> emailing and only now needing to write rules. I count my blessings.
>
> Brent
>
Rules are fun! Rules are addictive! I have 82 of them...
Imagine trying to debug a problem with that setup! I'm hoping Microsoft
gives us better tools for rules in future versions. Like:
* ability to export and import rules
* improved error reporting that names what rule failed on what message
* history tracking, showing the last time each rule fired (for getting
rid of deadwood rules)
* a record, in each message record, of the last rule that acted on it,
so when a message ends up in the wrong folder, or with the wrong category,
we can figure out why
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