Rules and Alerts in Outlook fails to filter all messages.

[Bradford in SF,CA]

Does anyone else have this problem? I have a filter that filters out anything
that has [SPAM] in the subject line. Although it filters about 80%, 20% are
still left in the inbox.

I have tried uninstalling the latest Junk Mail Filter patches, deleted and
created rules.

I haven't tried running outlook with /cleanrules option because I have so
many rules.

Any suggestions?

This happens in both Office Outlook 2003 and 2007. This seems to have failed
about a week ago.

thanks in advance.

bradford.

 

[F.H. Muffman]

Does anyone else have this problem? I have a filter that filters out

anything that has [SPAM] in the subject line. Although it filters
about 80%, 20% are still left in the inbox.

I have tried uninstalling the latest Junk Mail Filter patches, deleted
and created rules.

I haven't tried running outlook with /cleanrules option because I have
so many rules.

Any suggestions?

This happens in both Office Outlook 2003 and 2007. This seems to have
failed about a week ago.

Did you add any new rules about a week ago?

Generally, assuming that this rule doesn't have 'and stop processing more
rules' as an action, I'd say that the 20% are also triggering on some other
rule that is causing the message to stay in the inbox.

 

[Bradford in SF,CA]

Thanks for the quick reply.

I have not added any new rules. On my other machine, I only have two rules.
1. clear category (default rule)
2. Move messages with [SPAM] or [SPAM S] or [SPAM PS] in subject line to
Junk Mail Folder.

We do not run off of pst files. I have tried to run scanost.exe and waiting
to see if that fixes the problem.

very frustrating that something so simple is not working.

thanks again for your reply.

bradford.

Does anyone else have this problem? I have a filter that filters out
anything that has [SPAM] in the subject line. Although it filters
about 80%, 20% are still left in the inbox.

I have tried uninstalling the latest Junk Mail Filter patches, deleted
and created rules.

I haven't tried running outlook with /cleanrules option because I have
so many rules.

Any suggestions?

This happens in both Office Outlook 2003 and 2007. This seems to have
failed about a week ago.

Did you add any new rules about a week ago?

Generally, assuming that this rule doesn't have 'and stop processing more
rules' as an action, I'd say that the 20% are also triggering on some other
rule that is causing the message to stay in the inbox.

 

[F.H. Muffman]

Does anyone else have this problem? I have a filter that filters out

anything that has [SPAM] in the subject line. Although it filters
about 80%, 20% are still left in the inbox.

I have tried uninstalling the latest Junk Mail Filter patches,
deleted and created rules.

I haven't tried running outlook with /cleanrules option because I
have so many rules.

Any suggestions?

This happens in both Office Outlook 2003 and 2007. This seems to
have failed about a week ago.

Did you add any new rules about a week ago?

Generally, assuming that this rule doesn't have 'and stop processing
more rules' as an action, I'd say that the 20% are also triggering on
some other rule that is causing the message to stay in the inbox.

Thanks for the quick reply.

I have not added any new rules. On my other machine, I only have two
rules.
1. clear category (default rule)
2. Move messages with [SPAM] or [SPAM S] or [SPAM PS] in subject line
to
Junk Mail Folder.
We do not run off of pst files. I have tried to run scanost.exe and
waiting to see if that fixes the problem.

Make your spam rule first in the list and add 'and stop processing more rules'
as an action.

 

[Bradford in SF,CA]

Note: this is the only rule in there.

bradford.

Does anyone else have this problem? I have a filter that filters out
anything that has [SPAM] in the subject line. Although it filters
about 80%, 20% are still left in the inbox.

I have tried uninstalling the latest Junk Mail Filter patches,
deleted and created rules.

I haven't tried running outlook with /cleanrules option because I
have so many rules.

Any suggestions?

This happens in both Office Outlook 2003 and 2007. This seems to
have failed about a week ago.

Did you add any new rules about a week ago?

Generally, assuming that this rule doesn't have 'and stop processing
more rules' as an action, I'd say that the 20% are also triggering on
some other rule that is causing the message to stay in the inbox.

Thanks for the quick reply.

I have not added any new rules. On my other machine, I only have two
rules.
1. clear category (default rule)
2. Move messages with [SPAM] or [SPAM S] or [SPAM PS] in subject line
to
Junk Mail Folder.
We do not run off of pst files. I have tried to run scanost.exe and
waiting to see if that fixes the problem.

Make your spam rule first in the list and add 'and stop processing more rules'
as an action.

 

[F.H. Muffman]

Does anyone else have this problem? I have a filter that filters

out anything that has [SPAM] in the subject line. Although it
filters about 80%, 20% are still left in the inbox.

I have tried uninstalling the latest Junk Mail Filter patches,
deleted and created rules.

I haven't tried running outlook with /cleanrules option because I
have so many rules.

Any suggestions?

This happens in both Office Outlook 2003 and 2007. This seems to
have failed about a week ago.

Did you add any new rules about a week ago?

Generally, assuming that this rule doesn't have 'and stop
processing more rules' as an action, I'd say that the 20% are also
triggering on some other rule that is causing the message to stay
in the inbox.

Thanks for the quick reply.

I have not added any new rules. On my other machine, I only have two
rules.
1. clear category (default rule)
2. Move messages with [SPAM] or [SPAM S] or [SPAM PS] in subject
line
to
Junk Mail Folder.
We do not run off of pst files. I have tried to run scanost.exe and
waiting to see if that fixes the problem.

Make your spam rule first in the list and add 'and stop processing
more rules' as an action.

Note: this is the only rule in there.

What type of mail server?

 

[Bradford in SF,CA]

Exchange 2003 SP2 - installed Intelligent Message Filter...but that's not
working too well either.

bradford.

Does anyone else have this problem? I have a filter that filters
out anything that has [SPAM] in the subject line. Although it
filters about 80%, 20% are still left in the inbox.

I have tried uninstalling the latest Junk Mail Filter patches,
deleted and created rules.

I haven't tried running outlook with /cleanrules option because I
have so many rules.

Any suggestions?

This happens in both Office Outlook 2003 and 2007. This seems to
have failed about a week ago.

Did you add any new rules about a week ago?

Generally, assuming that this rule doesn't have 'and stop
processing more rules' as an action, I'd say that the 20% are also
triggering on some other rule that is causing the message to stay
in the inbox.

Thanks for the quick reply.

I have not added any new rules. On my other machine, I only have two
rules.
1. clear category (default rule)
2. Move messages with [SPAM] or [SPAM S] or [SPAM PS] in subject
line
to
Junk Mail Folder.
We do not run off of pst files. I have tried to run scanost.exe and
waiting to see if that fixes the problem.

Make your spam rule first in the list and add 'and stop processing
more rules' as an action.

Note: this is the only rule in there.

What type of mail server?

 

[F.H. Muffman]

Does anyone else have this problem? I have a filter that filters

out anything that has [SPAM] in the subject line. Although it
filters about 80%, 20% are still left in the inbox.

I have tried uninstalling the latest Junk Mail Filter patches,
deleted and created rules.

I haven't tried running outlook with /cleanrules option because
I have so many rules.

Any suggestions?

This happens in both Office Outlook 2003 and 2007. This seems to
have failed about a week ago.

Did you add any new rules about a week ago?

Generally, assuming that this rule doesn't have 'and stop
processing more rules' as an action, I'd say that the 20% are
also triggering on some other rule that is causing the message to
stay in the inbox.

Thanks for the quick reply.

I have not added any new rules. On my other machine, I only have
two
rules.
1. clear category (default rule)
2. Move messages with [SPAM] or [SPAM S] or [SPAM PS] in subject
line
to
Junk Mail Folder.
We do not run off of pst files. I have tried to run scanost.exe
and
waiting to see if that fixes the problem.
Make your spam rule first in the list and add 'and stop processing
more rules' as an action.

Note: this is the only rule in there.

What type of mail server?

Exchange 2003 SP2 - installed Intelligent Message Filter...but that's
not working too well either.

The Clear Category rule, that machine, is it running full time and connected
to Exchange?

 

[Bradford in SF,CA]

Running full time and connected to exchange. It's a laptop it's connected
when he's connected to the network.

bradford.

Does anyone else have this problem? I have a filter that filters
out anything that has [SPAM] in the subject line. Although it
filters about 80%, 20% are still left in the inbox.

I have tried uninstalling the latest Junk Mail Filter patches,
deleted and created rules.

I haven't tried running outlook with /cleanrules option because
I have so many rules.

Any suggestions?

This happens in both Office Outlook 2003 and 2007. This seems to
have failed about a week ago.

Did you add any new rules about a week ago?

Generally, assuming that this rule doesn't have 'and stop
processing more rules' as an action, I'd say that the 20% are
also triggering on some other rule that is causing the message to
stay in the inbox.

Thanks for the quick reply.

I have not added any new rules. On my other machine, I only have
two
rules.
1. clear category (default rule)
2. Move messages with [SPAM] or [SPAM S] or [SPAM PS] in subject
line
to
Junk Mail Folder.
We do not run off of pst files. I have tried to run scanost.exe
and
waiting to see if that fixes the problem.
Make your spam rule first in the list and add 'and stop processing
more rules' as an action.

Note: this is the only rule in there.

What type of mail server?

Exchange 2003 SP2 - installed Intelligent Message Filter...but that's
not working too well either.

The Clear Category rule, that machine, is it running full time and connected
to Exchange?

 

[F.H. Muffman]

Does anyone else have this problem? I have a filter that

filters out anything that has [SPAM] in the subject line.
Although it filters about 80%, 20% are still left in the
inbox.

I have tried uninstalling the latest Junk Mail Filter patches,
deleted and created rules.

I haven't tried running outlook with /cleanrules option
because I have so many rules.

Any suggestions?

This happens in both Office Outlook 2003 and 2007. This seems
to have failed about a week ago.

Did you add any new rules about a week ago?

Generally, assuming that this rule doesn't have 'and stop
processing more rules' as an action, I'd say that the 20% are
also triggering on some other rule that is causing the message
to stay in the inbox.

Thanks for the quick reply.

I have not added any new rules. On my other machine, I only have
two
rules.
1. clear category (default rule)
2. Move messages with [SPAM] or [SPAM S] or [SPAM PS] in subject
line
to
Junk Mail Folder.
We do not run off of pst files. I have tried to run scanost.exe
and
waiting to see if that fixes the problem.
Make your spam rule first in the list and add 'and stop
processing more rules' as an action.

Note: this is the only rule in there.

What type of mail server?

Exchange 2003 SP2 - installed Intelligent Message Filter...but
that's not working too well either.

The Clear Category rule, that machine, is it running full time and
connected to Exchange?

Running full time and connected to exchange. It's a laptop it's
connected when he's connected to the network.

Then that rule could easily override. Try disabling it on the other machine.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I have not added any new rules. On my other machine, I only have two rules.
1. clear category (default rule)
2. Move messages with [SPAM] or [SPAM S] or [SPAM PS] in subject line to
Junk Mail Folder.

Specifying "[SPAM" should be enough to cover all three of those conditions.
"Junk Mail" is not an Outlook folder, unless you created it. I don't see the
"stop processing more rules" action. Please post the rule EXACTLY as you see
it. Otherwise, it's not the rule you think you're running.