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Old June 23rd 07, 02:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
firecop1
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Default creating a rule

Hello all,
I have a rule that forwards all of my emails to my blackberry however there
are certain emails that I do not want forwarded so I am trying to create a
rule to do this.

I just tried to do this using the "stop processing rules" but I am afraid
that will stop all future emails from everyone else from being forwarded.

Am I wrong about this and is there a better method for doing this?

Thanks in advance

Andrew

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Old June 23rd 07, 02:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
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You are wrong about what the "stop processing" action does. It prevents subsequent rules from processing messages that meet the criteria of the rule with the "stop processing" action. It has no effect on messages that do not meet those criteria.

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"firecop1" wrote in message ...
Hello all,
I have a rule that forwards all of my emails to my blackberry however there
are certain emails that I do not want forwarded so I am trying to create a
rule to do this.

I just tried to do this using the "stop processing rules" but I am afraid
that will stop all future emails from everyone else from being forwarded.

Am I wrong about this and is there a better method for doing this?

Thanks in advance

Andrew

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Old June 23rd 07, 05:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
firecop1
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Default creating a rule

Thats why I came looking here as I am hoping that someone will help me to
get this to work.
Thanks for taking the time to reply Sue.

Andrew J. Brofman
Chief Fire Marshal
Lake Grove, NY

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
You are wrong about what the "stop processing" action does. It prevents
subsequent rules from processing messages that meet the criteria of the rule
with the "stop processing" action. It has no effect on messages that do not
meet those criteria.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"firecop1" wrote in message
...
Hello all,
I have a rule that forwards all of my emails to my blackberry however
there
are certain emails that I do not want forwarded so I am trying to create a
rule to do this.

I just tried to do this using the "stop processing rules" but I am afraid
that will stop all future emails from everyone else from being forwarded.

Am I wrong about this and is there a better method for doing this?

Thanks in advance

Andrew


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Old July 2nd 07, 07:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Swifty
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Default creating a rule

Thats why I came looking here as I am hoping that someone will help me
to get this to work.


It can be quite difficult to work out exactly how your rules will work.

This is where the action "Move a copy to the selected folder" comes to
your rescue. If you have a rule to "do something clever" and you want to
know if it processed or not, then include "Move a copy to the selected
folder", and create/select a folder called "do something clever".

If you find a copy of any particular mail item in this folder then you
know the corresponding rule "did its thing".

Once you have everything working to your satisfaction you can remove the
additional "Move a copy to the selected folder" steps (and also the
folder, and its contents).

There's probably some developer somewhere thinking "What an oaf! Why
doesn't Swifty use the rules trace facility?", but us mortals have to
get by on what we can find. This paragraph is "developer bait", by the way.


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Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
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