Why do rules apply to Hotmail Deleted Items folder?

J

Jones

Has anyone else noticed that Entourage applies rules to emails when they
appear in your Hotmail Deleted Items folder?

It doesn't seem right...
 
D

Dave Cortright

Has anyone else noticed that Entourage applies rules to emails when they
appear in your Hotmail Deleted Items folder?

It doesn't seem right...
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You can add a Rule to the top of your Hotmail Rules list that says "If
folder is Deleted Items, then do nothing and do not apply additional rules
to these messages"
 
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Paul Berkowitz

You can add a Rule to the top of your Hotmail Rules list that says "If
folder is Deleted Items, then do nothing and do not apply additional rules
to these messages"
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And the way to "do nothing" is to _Remove_ the default actions in the new
rule - all of them. Then just check the "Do not apply other rules" checkbox.

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Paul Berkowitz
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PLEASE always state which version of Entourage you are using - 2001 or X.
It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise.
 
J

Jones

You can add a Rule to the top of your Hotmail Rules list that says "If
folder is Deleted Items, then do nothing and do not apply additional rules
to these messages"
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I tried that and variations of it (i.e., if the folder is not the InBox,
then do nothing and do not apply additional rules). Those rules would work
when I ran them manually, but not when they ran automatically on incoming
messages. That doesn't seem right, either but apparently that's the way it
is.

The only way to avoid it that I have found is to >never< synchronize the
Deleted Items folder. If I or someone else accidentally clicks on the
Deleted Items folder, I end up with a whole bunch of duplicated messages in
my local folders.

You would think that a Microsoft application would work with a Microsoft
mail service a little better than that. ;-)
 
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