Do you have more than one computer? Are you using more than one identity? I
don't know what Leaving a copy of messages on the server would benefit you.

If you have 5 message rules with 100 addresses, that is 500 entries. 4096 -
500 = 3596 available.

Did you try the Domain rule with exceptions?

I have no other answer as to why your rules aren't working except to delete
the Rule Key in the registry and start over, provided you have read this
first:

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules

If you want to try a clean registry key for rules, then:

With OE closed, go to Start | Run and type in:

regedit

and navigate to this key:

|--HKEY_CURRENT_USER
|-----Identities
|--------{GUID}
|-----------Software
|--------------Microsoft
|-----------------Outlook Express
|--------------------5.0

where GUID is the Global Unique IDentifier for your Identity.

Under that key, you will find the following sub-keys, among others:

|-----------------------Block Senders
|-----------------------Rules
|-----------------------Signatures

Select the Rules Key and delete it. This will remove *all* the rules. Reboot
and rebuild your rules.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Norman Litell" wrote in message
ink.net...
Still trying several things you suggested in your most recent reply (e.g.,
moving the problem rule to the top of the list), and not working yet.
Some
clarifications:

I am not using Rules to delete email from the server. Instead, under
Tools Accounts Mail Properties Advanced
I have unchecked the box which says "Leave mail on server" This is
the
way it was originally set up and has always worked.

Not clear what you mean by 4096 "entries" available; what is an "entry"?
For example, does the one rule I quoted which has over 50 address in the
"or" list constitute one entry or 50+ entries?



"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You can have 4096 entries in Message Rules and Blocked Senders combined,
so
that is not your problem.

The way you have it set up:

Delete It & Stop processing more rules, does not delete it from the
server,
but sends the mail to your Deleted Items folder.

Review these links and remember that rules have to be in a logical order.

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/tips/rules.htm

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Norman Litell" wrote in message
ink.net...
I am running OE6 under Win2000Pro, with all of the latest updates
installed.

I get lots of spam emails sent to a small set of TO: or CC: addresses
at
earthlink, so I have created a series of rules attempting to control
the
junk, but the main rule doesn't seem to be working. Here it is, in a
clip
from the actual rule display in OE6:

Apply this rule after the message arrives
Where the To or CC line contains ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
'
or ' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or ' or
' or '

Delete it

and Stop processing more rules

Individual messages are always downloaded and then deleted from the
earthlink server, so I simply want to delete them from my own OE6
client
as
soon as they are downloaded when they contain any of these junk email
addresses.

Is there perhaps a limit to the number of "or" entries in a rule that
keeps the rule from executing. I suppose I could have fewer entries in
each
of several rules, but what is the actual limit if there is one.

Norman G. Litell