On 5/31/04 11:26 PM, "Russell Carr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 5/31/04 10:37 PM, Paul Berkowitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> Perhaps you have "Match if ALL criteria are met" instead of "Match if ANY >> criteria are met" for the Header rule? > > I do have "Match if ALL criteria are met" selected. This to require that ALL > three headers must be missing before deletion of the message. I do get the > occasional message that does not have a subject header (like from this list) > and do not want to be automatically deleting them. But should it matter? OK. that's not quite how you described it last time. I thought you wanted to dump messages with any of the headers missing (which did seem odd to me). But I've never heard of a message missing all three headers (especially "From" - s that even possible?). You're sure you need these criteria? > >> And that one should _definitely_ be >> above the digest-moving rule in the Rules list. Otherwise it won't run on >> digest messages (rules that move messages have "Do not run any other rules" >> checked and dimmed). > > I originally tried putting the deletion rule first. But the rule still did > not run. Yet the move rule did run. I'll try the reorder and see if it does > help. > >> Anyway there's no need to move it first if you're going >> to delete it. > > I'm not moving the <no subject> message that I'm trying to delete. MLM is > moving it, the digest and all the other messages from the burst into the > sub-folder I've specified. I am then having a rule move the digest into a > second folder (which works), and another rule to delete messages with no To, >> From and Subject headers (which works manually, but not automatically). As I > said above, I'll change this order and see if that changes anything. > > My goal is to have my message folder purged after so many days while still > keeping all the old digests. But first I want to make sure everything works. > > Thanks Paul > -- Paul Berkowitz MVP Entourage Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html> AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> PLEASE always state which version of Entourage you are using - **2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise. -- 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/>
