Rocky Smolin
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Thu Jan 26 13:07:18 CST 2012
That done it! Don't know why, though. Don't care, actually. :) Problem solved. Thanks Lembit -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Lembit Soobik Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:02 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [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 > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com