"this machine only" and "stop processing more rules" questions

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John Schneider

I'm running Outlook 2003 on a Win 2kServer machine.

When setting up a rule, what is the purpose of the "this machine only"
option? I did not notice this option in previous versions of Outlook. Why
would someone setup a rule without this option? What is the effect if this
option is not selected? Is it possible to share rules between different
machines?

For the "Stop processing more rules" - I'm assuming that this option is only
executed when the rule matches. For example, if rule #1 says "if sender is
[email protected], move this message to xyz folder, and stop processing more
rules", and the message is not from that sender, shouldn't Outlook then move
on to rule #2? Also, if you get a hit on a rule with incoming message
number 1, shouldn't the rules start again from the top for message #2, or
does the "stop processing more rules" keep this from happening? I'm seeing
a situation where, when I get some new messages, it appears that the rules
don't immediately run. I can't tell if one of them is firing then the rules
stop processing the rest of the messages. If I go and click the
Send/Receive button, the rules will all run.

Thanks,
John Schneider
 
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