Re: Logging processing specific rules

From: Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] (suemvp_at_outlookcode.com)
Date: 08/03/04 

Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 09:43:05 -0400

Outlook can't do what you want with a rule. 

-- 
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
     Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
     Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
     http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
"Scott Lyon" <scott.red.lyon@blue.rapistan.green.com> wrote in message
news:410f912d$1_2@Usenet.com...
> I'm failing to understand how this will do what I need.
>
>
> Let me clarify a little with an example.
>
> I have a filter in Outlook called Spam that will move the e-mail to a
> specific folder (in this case, one called Spam), if the subject or body
> contains any of certain words. For example, words such as "free",
> "mortgage", "vicodin".
>
> If those three are the only words it looks for (in reality my list is
QUITE
> long), I want to be able to log why an e-mail was moved to Spam - whether
it
> contains the word "free", or "mortgage", or "vicodin".
>
>
> Sure, with a list of 3, it's easy to figure out manually. But with a list
of
> dozens, if not hundreds, of words, it gets considerably more difficult.
>
>
> Essentially, my spam filter is now filtering legitimate (non-spam)
e-mails,
> and I'd like to know which spam filter words to eliminate from my filter.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> -Scott
>
> (To e-mail me, just remove any color names from my posted e-mail, as well
as
> any extra periods)
> "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp@outlookcode.com> wrote in message
> news:e4Ps3lXdEHA.596@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Try adding an "add category" action to do that kind of tracking.
> >
> >
> > "Scott Lyon" <scott.red.lyon@blue.rapistan.green.com> wrote in message
> > news:41090404$1_1@Usenet.com...
> > > Is there a way to create a log (preferably just a text file on my C:
> drive
> > > somewhere) of specific rules as they run?
> > >
> > >
> > > I have a "spam" rule to filter out junk mail. Specifically, I've got a
> > list
> > > of a bunch of terms that, if in the subject or body, the e-mail gets
> moved
> > > to a Spam folder.
> > >
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, lately a few non-spam e-mails have been winding up in
my
> > Spam
> > > folder, and I cannot figure out which term(s) are tripping the filter.
> > >
> > >
> > > It would be nice if I could get a log that would say (for example):
> > >
> > > Mail received from someone@somewhere.com with subject: Hi there was
> moved
> > to
> > > the Spam folder because the subject or body contained the word "Spam".
> > >
> > >
> > > Is there any logging like this in Outlook (XP/2002)? Or is there a way
> to
> > > accomplish this?
> > >
> > > --
> > > -Scott
> > >
> > > (To e-mail me, just remove any color names from my posted e-mail, as
> well
> > as
> > > any extra periods)
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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