On 4/16/07 7:54 AM, "Barbara Alfors" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The Mailing List Rules I had been using in Entourage X had even less of a > success rate than custom rules, so I stopped using them in favor of rules > for certain mailing lists. I haven't found a fix. I hope that the > suggestions in Diane's message work for you, but none of the things she > mentioned helped in my case. This is surprising to me. The Mailing List Manager is pretty easy to set up compared to custom rules. Other than making a MLM rule when selecting "this is junk" I rarely see reports of problems with the MLM rules. Here is the advice I give to users that are having problems with rules: Having an up to date Address Book is key to managing your mail and using rules. Assign a category to every entry in your Address Book. You can select using command-select to quickly add a lot of entries to one category. Let's say you have no custom rules created. You have a ton of mail in your Inbox and Junk folder . If it's in your Junk folder and it's good mail, select "This is not junk" and add the entry to your Address Book. [IMPORTANT] Next, let's deal with your list mail in your Inbox. Select a list message and open the MLM . Select the folder destination. Under the Advanced tab, I like to uncheck "Do not apply rules to list messages". I use a VIP rule to mark messages from the "knowledgeable" contributors so I make sure not to miss their posts. <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/get_started/index.html#tip15> After you create your Mailing List Manager rule, run All rules to remove list mail from your Inbox. Continue with all of your list mail. This will leave you with personal mail. Select the first personal message in your Inbox. Can this message be sorted by a category like Work, Buddy, Family, Announcements, Newsletters? If yes, then assign a category to the email and set a rule. My Buddy Rule: >From is in category Buddy Is not in a mailing list Move to folder Buddy Run AppleScript Play sound (I like to use this action so I can hear when I get mail from my buddies) Look through other email in the Inbox and see if there are other emails there from Buddies. Assign categories to these if you haven't assigned in your Address Book and run "All Rules". This will move all buddy mail from your Inbox. Take the next message, create a rule. Use Categories instead of individual addresses. If you add extra addresses in the future to this category, the rule using category will automatically include the new address. It's a lot easier than having to open the rule and add individual addresses. Run all rules and see if it works, If not then adjust the rule so it does work. By doing this you will find the broken rule as you go. FWIW, adding domain names to the Junk Mail Filter isn't fool proof. You can also copy these to archive by selecting all under Safe domains. I suggest adding a rule "from is me". This will get your legitimate mail you test send to yourself and not the fake spam that is sent from you. I like the first example. Not many spammers use Entourage as their client. :-) <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/rules/example/rule012.html> Hope this helps. -- 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/>
