Rules and Alerts Issue

[Albert Frausto]

Hello,

I've created a rule under Rules and Alerts to peramanently delete email if
it contains "**SPAM** *****SPAM*****". When an email satisfies the criteria
stated above I receive an error message telling me "You don't have
appropriate permission to perform this operation".

I'm logged on as Administrator on a Windows 2000 Server using Outlook 2003
SP2.

Why will it not execute this particular rule and how do I get it to execute
this particular rule?

Thanks,
Albert

 

[BillR [MVP]]

Do other rules work ok? Will a move rule work on that criteria?

 

[Albert Frausto]

Yes, I have a few other rules that move email into other folders and they
work just fine.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

so its just deleting mail that causes this problem?

 

[Albert Frausto]

Yes, that is correct. It only occurs when I ask it to delete emails
permanently.

 

[BillR [MVP]]

I'd say it's a problem at the Operating System level with your permissions
to permanently delete items.
If you have an administrator check with them as to what restrictions are in
place.
To be honest, you are probably better off moving instead of permanently
deleting.