PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
A1.If you've "flagged" certain posters as Ignored via Message | Ignore
Conversation, WYSIWYG.

The rules don't give me a choice on that. What I get is "Mark the message as
watched or ignored" if it satisfies the rules.

If you "flagged" the poster via Blocked
Senders, no thread should be marked as Ignored.

I think I had trouble with Blocked Senders not doing what I wanted before (maybe
deleting messages altogether? - which is a bit drastic and irreversible), which
is why I use rules to set them to ignore.

I'm getting the feeling that I can't do what I want.


A2. See:

Message Rules Tips
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/rules.htm

Why doesn't my rule work?
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/why.htm#rules

Thanks for the links. They'll be useful, but I don't see an explanation of "Stop
processing more rules" there.