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Thread ID: 29679	2003-01-29 07:14:00	Problems with rogue rule in Outlook Express	Misty (368)	Press F1

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
117092	2003-01-29 07:14:00	I was finding that when a message arrived from my daughter in London it would go straight to the "Deleted Items" folder. Sometimes it changes so that there is a new sender sent to the deleted items instead of messages from my daughter. After checking, I found that if I went to "Message" , "Create New Rule for Message" it would show under (1) "Select conditions for your rule" a tick in the box "From where the from line contains people". (2) has no tick. (3) "Rule Description" has the insertion "Apply this rule after the message arrives -where the from line contains Webmaster@idg.co.nz. Presumably the next message from that source goes to deleted items ! Is it perhaps a virus ? I have been running AVG and also tried Penicillin House Call. Neither have picked up anything.	Misty (368)
117093	2003-01-29 08:36:00	When you go to Message > Create New Rule for Message etc, all those ticks in the option boxes are the default settings. Unless you actually specify a rule in the "Actions for your rule" you cannot accidently delete or move to another folder that email. The reason why webmaster@idg.co.nz was listed in the 3. Rule Description area was that you had a PressF1 notification highlighted in your inbox at the time you went into the Message > Create New Rule for Message option. You need to highlight one of the automatically deleted emails from your daughter and then go into Tools > Message Rules > Mail and then see what rules have been applied to that email. You might need to scroll down the 1. option list to find the errant tick. I hope this helps, post back if you need more help. Jen	Jen C (20)
117094	2003-02-01 00:56:00	Hi Jen C - I can follow what you are saying - makes sense, in fact were coming to much the same conclusion as my wife had sent an email to us from her work and it did not behave like the email from our daughter . I did what you said about highlighting the message (a new one as it turned out) and went to tools etc - but nothing was ticked at all unfortunately - so it is still a mystery . What can I try now please ? ?:|	Misty (368)
117095	2003-02-01 01:01:00	Check if you have anything in the Blocked Senders list	Jim B (153)
117096	2003-02-01 01:11:00	That was it Jim B - thanks ! Don't know how it got there - probably at the same time as I blocked some unsavoury promotion re Britney Speirs !! Must go now - my wife reminding me that we are supposed to be heading off for a wedding. :8} :D	Misty (368)
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