[dba-Tech] Outlook Express

>
> But none of the rules seems to work on the forwarded emails.  The Cappex
> rule is the first one on the list.  Further down is a rule that if the 
> email
> comes from me it goes into the Rocky folder.  So far, all my attempts have
> failed - all of the forwarded mail ends up in her Rocky folder.
>
Rocky,
try to put the Rocky-folder rule before the Cappex one. I had a similar 
problem recently and changing the sequence of rules solved it.

Lembit

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
To: "List" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>; "'Off Topic'" 
<dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 5:46 PM
Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook Express


> Dear Lists:
>
> I am having trouble creating a mail rule for my wife on her Outlook 
> Express.
> I recently registered with Cappex.com on advice of my older son who is
> graduating this year from college.  It's a site that sends you advice 
> about
> scholarships targeted to your profile.  I entered my younger son's 
> profile.
> Of course I'm getting a lot of emails from them about various colleges 
> that
> would like to get #2 son on their mailing list.  As well as a couple 
> showing
> scholarship information.
>
> I set up a rule in my Outlook to forward all the Cappex emails to my wife 
> so
> she could keep an eye on them as well.  I created a Cappex folder on her
> Outlook Express named Cappex.  Then I tried to create a rule that would 
> sort
> those forwarded emails into the Cappex folder on her box.
>
> But none of the rules seems to work on the forwarded emails.  The Cappex
> rule is the first one on the list.  Further down is a rule that if the 
> email
> comes from me it goes into the Rocky folder.  So far, all my attempts have
> failed - all of the forwarded mail ends up in her Rocky folder.
>
> I tried where the body contains 'Cappex'  which they all do, but no luck. 
> I
> tried in the subject 'college', 'university', or 'scholarship' which they
> all have, but no cigar.
>
> Any ideas on what's going wrong here or how to create a rule that will 
> work?
>
> MTIA
>
> Rocky Smolin
> Beach Access Software
> 858-259-4334
> www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/>
> www.e-z-mrp.com <http://www.e-z-mrp.com/>
> Skype: rocky.smolin
>
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