How to I prevent two rules from running on same message?

[Ed]

I have set up multiple rules in Outlook 2003 SP2. Recently I started
experiencing a problem where more than one rule is running on a message.
Each rule MOVES the message to a different folder (with the "Apply this rule
after the message arrives" option) and this is creating multiple copies of
the message. (these are all server side rules, organizing messages based on
who they are from)

I looked through the rules for a flag that tells the system to stop
processing the message if the rule is met, but I don’t see anything. I can’t
believe I haven’t seen this before since I’ve been running several rules for
years, but it only recently started happening when I added a new rule.

Thanks for your help.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

You where on the right track when look thru the rule actions. Look a little
closer because you should see a stop processing condition in the same
section where you checked move to folder.

 

[Gordon]

I have set up multiple rules in Outlook 2003 SP2. Recently I started
experiencing a problem where more than one rule is running on a message.
Each rule MOVES the message to a different folder (with the "Apply this
rule after the message arrives" option) and this is creating multiple
copies of
the message. (these are all server side rules, organizing messages based
on who they are from)

I looked through the rules for a flag that tells the system to stop
processing the message if the rule is met, but I don’t see anything. I
can’t believe I haven’t seen this before since I’ve been running several
rules for years, but it only recently started happening when I added a new
rule.

Thanks for your help.

You need to add "Stop processing more rules" at the end of the rule.

 

[Ed]

Thanks Neo and Gordon. I didn't think to look in the actions step for this
second command.

--Ed

 

[Gordon]

Thanks Neo and Gordon. I didn't think to look in the actions step for
this second command.

--Ed

You're welcome