Setting up rules

H

Hannes du Plessis

Hi there

Does anyone know of a way to create a rule that says <if any of criterion1
or criterion 2 or criterion 3> and <criterion 4> are true, then do <action
1>? It seems to me that you only have the option to have all the criteria
apply, or any of the criteria, but not a mixture.

Thanks in advance

Hannes
 
C

Craig Deutsch

My hunch, Hannes, is that such a task is beyond Entourage¹s (current)
capabilities and, as such, is a job for someone like Super Paul and his
magical AppleScripts. But that¹s just my take on it.
 
P

Paul Berkowitz

Does anyone know of a way to create a rule that says <if any of criterion1 or
criterion 2 or criterion 3> and <criterion 4> are true, then do <action 1>? It
seems to me that you only have the option to have all the criteria apply, or
any of the criteria, but not a mixture.
Click to expand...

Some of us have been asking for this for a long time (like 5 years), but no
luck yet. Craig is correct that it's easy to do by script, and you can them
run the script from a rule.

Otherwise, you juts have to create several rules to cover all conditions>

Rule 1:
if crit 1 and crit 4 are true, do action 1

Rule 2:
if crit 2 and crit 4 are true, do action 1

Rule 3:
if crit 3 and crit 4 are true, do action 1


Annoying and verbose, but it works the same way. Having too many rules can
tie things up, but usually only if they're all running, so you should be OK.


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Hannes du Plessis

Thanks Paul

My knowledge of Applescript is dangerous at the best of times, so it had to
be rules for me.

I needed the rules to sort my mails, saying <if it is from person 1 or
person 2 or person 3> and <sent during March> then <move to folder>. In the
end it dawned on me that I could just make a group for all the contacts I
needed, then make criterion 1 that the <from had to be a member of this
group>, and <the date sent is March>, then <move to this folder>.

Thanks for both your input, and hopefully Microsoft incorporates this
capability soon.

Hannes
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From: Paul Berkowitz <berkowit@spoof_silcom.com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:41:18 -0800
Subject: Re: Setting up rules

Does anyone know of a way to create a rule that says <if any of criterion1 or
criterion 2 or criterion 3> and <criterion 4> are true, then do <action 1>? It
seems to me that you only have the option to have all the criteria apply, or
any of the criteria, but not a mixture.
Click to expand...

Some of us have been asking for this for a long time (like 5 years), but no
luck yet. Craig is correct that it's easy to do by script, and you can them
run the script from a rule.

Otherwise, you juts have to create several rules to cover all conditions>

Rule 1:
if crit 1 and crit 4 are true, do action 1

Rule 2:
if crit 2 and crit 4 are true, do action 1

Rule 3:
if crit 3 and crit 4 are true, do action 1


Annoying and verbose, but it works the same way. Having too many rules can
tie things up, but usually only if they're all running, so you should be OK.


--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP MacOffice
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Paul Berkowitz

Yes, that's much better. it's often a good idea to state your actual
problem, since a simpler solution for a specific problem can often be found
than the workaround for a more general problem. In this case, the fact that
criteria 1, 2, and 3 were all of the same type (contacts) makes is possible
to lump tem together (in a group) to become just one criterion, which can
then be put into an AND rule.

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From: Hannes du Plessis <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:55:17 +0100
Subject: Re: Setting up rules

Thanks Paul

My knowledge of Applescript is dangerous at the best of times, so it had to
be rules for me.

I needed the rules to sort my mails, saying <if it is from person 1 or
person 2 or person 3> and <sent during March> then <move to folder>. In the
end it dawned on me that I could just make a group for all the contacts I
needed, then make criterion 1 that the <from had to be a member of this
group>, and <the date sent is March>, then <move to this folder>.

Thanks for both your input, and hopefully Microsoft incorporates this
capability soon.

Hannes
_____________________________________________



From: Paul Berkowitz <berkowit@spoof_silcom.com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:41:18 -0800
Subject: Re: Setting up rules

Does anyone know of a way to create a rule that says <if any of criterion1 or
criterion 2 or criterion 3> and <criterion 4> are true, then do <action 1>? It
seems to me that you only have the option to have all the criteria apply, or
any of the criteria, but not a mixture.
Click to expand...

Some of us have been asking for this for a long time (like 5 years), but no
luck yet. Craig is correct that it's easy to do by script, and you can them
run the script from a rule.

Otherwise, you juts have to create several rules to cover all conditions>

Rule 1:
if crit 1 and crit 4 are true, do action 1

Rule 2:
if crit 2 and crit 4 are true, do action 1

Rule 3:
if crit 3 and crit 4 are true, do action 1


Annoying and verbose, but it works the same way. Having too many rules can
tie things up, but usually only if they're all running, so you should be OK.


--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP MacOffice
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Diane Ross

Does anyone know of a way to create a rule that says <if any of criterion1 or
criterion 2 or criterion 3> and <criterion 4> are true, then do <action 1>? It
seems to me that you only have the option to have all the criteria apply, or
any of the criteria, but not a mixture.
Click to expand...

I¹m not sure if this would apply in your situation, but you can use the
Mailing List Manager (MLM) then have Rules apply to those messages. This
might give you the option to apply additional criteria.

Check over the Rules Section to see if it answers any of your questions.
Then if you are still having problems, try to give specific examples so we
can offer some help. There are examples that also might help.

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/rules/index.html>

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/rules/example/index.html>
 
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Diane Ross

I needed the rules to sort my mails, saying <if it is from person 1 or person
2 or person 3> and <sent during March> then <move to folder>. In the end it
dawned on me that I could just make a group for all the contacts I needed,
then make criterion 1 that the <from had to be a member of this group>, and
<the date sent is March>, then <move to this folder>.
Click to expand...


Use Categories instead of groups. See example:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/rules/example/rule002.html>
 
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Paul Berkowitz

Use Categories instead of groups. See example:
Click to expand...

Either way works equally well here, I'd say.

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MVP MacOffice
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