When do rules get executed?

J

Jones

I have a set of rules for my hotmail account which move incoming emails into
their respective folders. If I "select all" of the emails in my inbox and
manually run all rules, the rules are executed as I would expect. However,
unless I manually execute the rules, they never appear to execute.

Shouldn't rules be applied automatically to all incoming emails when they
come in?

eric
 
D

Diane Ross

I have a set of rules for my hotmail account which move incoming emails into
their respective folders. If I "select all" of the emails in my inbox and
manually run all rules, the rules are executed as I would expect. However,
unless I manually execute the rules, they never appear to execute.

Shouldn't rules be applied automatically to all incoming emails when they
come in?
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When you created the rules, did you create them as Hotmail rules or POP?
 
J

Jones

When you created the rules, did you create them as Hotmail rules or POP?
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The rules were created as Hotmail rules. I think the rules themselves are
ok because they work as expected when I execute them manually.
 
J

Jones

Are you selecting run all rules, or do you select each rule?

See Why Rules don't work for some suggestions:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/rules/rules_basics.html#Anchor-troubleshoot_r
ules>
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Yes, I'm selecting run all rules.

My POP account rules run automatically, but the Hotmail rules don't. The
Hotmail rules did run automatically at one time, but I must have done
something to keep them from doing so. I just can't think of what I could do
that would let rules run manually, but not automatically.

I'll check out the link. Thanks.
 
D

Diane Ross

My POP account rules run automatically, but the Hotmail rules don't. The
Hotmail rules did run automatically at one time, but I must have done
something to keep them from doing so. I just can't think of what I could do
that would let rules run manually, but not automatically.
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Make sure you create the rules under the Hotmail tab in Rules. Also check
rules to be sure the folders have not been reset to Inbox.
 
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