Re: Rules Wizard Problem

From: Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] (MillyS_at_donteventhinkaboutsendingmemail.mvps.org)
Date: 06/19/04 

Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 16:41:44 -0700

Hotmail is not POP3 - it is HTTP mail. Outlook cannot run rules on HTTP
mail. You have misunderstood the mail account type and have gotten it
backwards.

Hotmail = http mail = no rules.
ISP mail = POP3 mail = rules.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer:
Brendan Murphy <Murphybp2@hotmail.com> asked:
| I'm using Outlook 2002 on Win XP pro. I use it with my
| free POP3 hotmail account. I manually move all my e-
| mails from my hotmail account folder in outlook, to my
| personal folder. I wanted to create some rules that I
| could run manually on my personal folder. When I'm in my
| personal folder I can click on the "organize" button and
| it will let me create a rule, but it won't let me open
| the rules wizard to manage the rules I created. At first
| when I clicked on the rules wizard I got a pop up saying
| that rules wizard couldn't be used with some types of e-
| mail accounts. But I checked the box to not show pop up,
| so now nothing happens when I click on rules wizard. I
| understand that rules wizard can't be used on POP3
| accounts, but I'm moving the e-mails to my personal
| folder. And why would it let me create a rule, but not
| be able to manage it. Any help would be appreciated.
|
| Brendan