On Saturday, October 21, 2000, 5:20:50 AM, Jan wrote:
> The filter is constructed as follows:
> Rule move messages to folder trash
> Strings Location Present
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] recipient no
> Alternatives
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] recipient no
> Jan Rifkinson recipient no
> I interpret the above to mean If a msg recipient is
> *not* [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Jan
> Rifkinson, move to trash.
So what you want is:
recipient is *not* ([EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Jan
Rifkinson)
But what you specify in the filter is:
(recipient is not [EMAIL PROTECTED]) OR
((recipient is not [EMAIL PROTECTED]) and (recipient is not Jan Rifkinson))
the second part of which is the equivalent of:
recipient is not ([EMAIL PROTECTED] or Jan Rifkinson)
See the difference?
In argument 1 (what you want), any message with one of your two
email addresses or your name as the recipient won't be sent to
trash.
Argument 2 (what your filter is), OTOH, contains two sets of
conditions. The second one is good, for it's close to what you want.
However, the two rule sets are linked with "OR", so for a message to
avoid ending up in trash, it has to avoid both conditions. IOW, it
has to have [EMAIL PROTECTED] as recipient *AND* have
([EMAIL PROTECTED] or Jan Rifkinson) as recipient.
Of the four most usual name-address combination:
Jan Rifkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Jan Rifkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Only the first one won't be sent to trash.
To achieve what you want, the filter should be like this:
Rule move messages to folder trash
Strings Location Present
[EMAIL PROTECTED] recipient no
[EMAIL PROTECTED] recipient no
Jan Rifkinson recipient no
But of course, you still have have to consider the fact that some
mailing lists or newsletters don't have your name or address in the
recipient fields, as Curtis's pointed out.
--
Best regards,
Ming-Li
The Bat! 1.47 Beta/7 | Win2k SP1
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