Rules MUST be processed before Junk Mail Filter

[rshiras]

Microsoft is aiding and abetting spammers. Office 2003 SP1 changed the order
in which messages are processed. Before, message rules were applied before
the Junk Mail Filter was applied. Now, it is BACKWARDS. I cannot believe
that Microsoft intended that the user should not be allowed to permanently
delete certain content before reaching the Junk Mail folder. If so,
Microsoft is assuming that their Junk Mail filter NEVER gets false positives.
In that case, the Microsoft take away the option to permanently delete Junk
Mail, and just permanently delete it automatically at all times. Now the
user is forced to look at many junk mails that would otherwise never be seen.
This change can only be called a BUG, or at lease a SEVERE ENGINEERING
OVERSIGHT.

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

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After furious head scratching, rshiras asked:

| Microsoft is aiding and abetting spammers. Office 2003 SP1 changed
| the order in which messages are processed. Before, message rules
| were applied before the Junk Mail Filter was applied. Now, it is
| BACKWARDS. I cannot believe that Microsoft intended that the user
| should not be allowed to permanently delete certain content before
| reaching the Junk Mail folder. If so, Microsoft is assuming that
| their Junk Mail filter NEVER gets false positives. In that case, the
| Microsoft take away the option to permanently delete Junk Mail, and
| just permanently delete it automatically at all times. Now the user
| is forced to look at many junk mails that would otherwise never be
| seen. This change can only be called a BUG, or at lease a SEVERE
| ENGINEERING OVERSIGHT.
|
| ----------------
| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
| suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
| the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
| button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft
| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
|
| http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...8164997b3&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.general