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Steve B.

I accidentally trashed the folder "Freecycle" to which a Mail(POP) rule
sends mail.

I created a new folder in the same place and named it "Freecycle" and, just
for good measure, edited the Mail rule (also called "Freecycle") and
selected the folder again.

This rule, "Freecycle", now sends mail to the new folder. However, I keep
getting a message which says:

"The mailing list rule "FreeCycleCentral" could not be successfully
executed.", and it tells me that it's because it can't finder the
destination folder.

The only problem is: I've been right through my rules and *there is no rule
called "FreeCycleCentral"*, nor any other rule which sends mail to the
"Freecycle" folder.

So some of my Freecycle mail ends up in my Inbox. If I select these messages
and apply the rule "Freecycle" they are moved to the Freecycle folder but,
if I select them and apply All Rules, they stay put in the Inbox.

Does anyone know what's going on here?

Thanks in advance,
Steve = : ^ )

P.S. For anyone who doesn't yet know about Freecycle, go to:

http://groups.yahoo.com/

and search for "Freecycle" and your nearest big town or city. There are
currently just over six and a half thousand groups globally.
 
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Michel Bintener

Hi Steve,

the key term is "mailing list rule". You have accidentally created a mailing
list rule, which is quite easily done in Entourage when you label a message
as junk. Go to Tools>Mailing List Manager and delete the FreeCycleCentral
rule in there, and all should be back to normal again. In case you're
curious about the Mailing List Manager, you can look it up in Entourage's
help.


I accidentally trashed the folder "Freecycle" to which a Mail(POP) rule
sends mail.

I created a new folder in the same place and named it "Freecycle" and, just
for good measure, edited the Mail rule (also called "Freecycle") and
selected the folder again.

This rule, "Freecycle", now sends mail to the new folder. However, I keep
getting a message which says:

"The mailing list rule "FreeCycleCentral" could not be successfully
executed.", and it tells me that it's because it can't finder the
destination folder.

The only problem is: I've been right through my rules and *there is no rule
called "FreeCycleCentral"*, nor any other rule which sends mail to the
"Freecycle" folder.

So some of my Freecycle mail ends up in my Inbox. If I select these messages
and apply the rule "Freecycle" they are moved to the Freecycle folder but,
if I select them and apply All Rules, they stay put in the Inbox.

Does anyone know what's going on here?

Thanks in advance,
Steve = : ^ )

P.S. For anyone who doesn't yet know about Freecycle, go to:

http://groups.yahoo.com/

and search for "Freecycle" and your nearest big town or city. There are
currently just over six and a half thousand groups globally.
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--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)

***Always reply to the newsgroup.***
 
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Barry Wainwright [MVP]

You have accidentally created a mailing
list rule, which is quite easily done in Entourage when you label a message
as junk.
Click to expand...

That should be "...when you label a messages as NOT junk..."
 
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Michel Bintener

That should be "...when you label a messages as NOT junk..."
Click to expand...

Sorry, my bad. Thanks for pointing this out.

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)

***Always reply to the newsgroup.***
 
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