Mail rules not working correctly.

I did a recent reinstall of XP Pro on a clean disk.  Since then, the Mail 
rules in my OE 6 do not work reliably (they used to in the old install!).  I 
have them set up so that emails with certain words (e.g: Viagra, Cialis, etc) 
be deleted from the server & not downloaded; emails from certain addresses
or 
names be directed to specific folders, etc.

The "deletes" don't seem to be working at all ('course I don't know
about 
any that are being deleted, but if so, a lot are getting through) and the 
folder redirects frequently go to the wrong folders.  

Anybody have any idea what's happening and how I can fix this problem(s)?

Delete it from server will not work on a message body rule, if that is the 
case.

In general:

Have all rules that divert mail to folders first.

Delete it from server next.

All others last.

Make sure that every rule also has Stop processing more rules checked, 
unless that option is grayed out.

How to set up OE Message Rules:
http://www.oeupdates.com/outlook-express-message-rules-block-spam.html

http://www.timeatlas.com/mos/Email/Outlook_Express/Creating_Rules_in_Outlook_Exp
ress/

http://www.jackieswebworks.com/outlook%20express%20notes.htm

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/tips/rules.htm

Controlling Junk Mail in Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/junkmail.mspx

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
-- 
           Bruce Hagen
 MS-MVP Outlook Express
      Imperial Beach, CA


"Speedo123" <Speedo123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>I did a recent reinstall of XP Pro on a clean disk.  Since then, the Mail
> rules in my OE 6 do not work reliably (they used to in the old install!). 
> I
> have them set up so that emails with certain words (e.g: Viagra, Cialis, 
> etc)
> be deleted from the server & not downloaded; emails from certain
addresses 
> or
> names be directed to specific folders, etc.
>
> The "deletes" don't seem to be working at all ('course I don't
know about
> any that are being deleted, but if so, a lot are getting through) and the
> folder redirects frequently go to the wrong folders.
>
> Anybody have any idea what's happening and how I can fix this problem(s)?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!