Re: How to set different inboxes for different accounts in OE?

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"Vanguard" <vanguard.code@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Oq4roj2$FHA.2060@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23GtABK0$FHA.2060@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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Mine are all Where the To or CC line contains (Another of my addresses), Move it to the specified folder, not From. And I don't check Stop processing more rules in this case, because I want other rules to apply besides moving the mail.

The OP wanted to organize their mails based on which account through which the mail was delivered. That has nothing to do with the To and Cc headers. It depends entirely on which account was polled to retrieve the mails.

I suppose you could filter based on e-mail addresses in the To or Cc headers but those headers are *data* that the sender put into the message and which were sent during the DATA command from the e-mail client to the SMTP server. They are NOT used to route the outbound mails. The RCPT-TO command send by the e-mail client to the mail server is what determines to whom the mail gets sent, and nothing of the RCPT-TO command gets included in the mail received by the recipient. So it is entirely possible to send mails without anything in the To or Cc header (and, in fact, according to RFC, those headers are *optional*). Spammers do this all the time by sending mails that do NOT contain the recipient(s) in the To or Cc headers. Bulk mailers often do this to, like for newsletters to which you subscribe (I think even the MVPS newsletter does this). So your account may not be included in any e-mail addresses listed in the To or Cc headers, if any e-mail addresses are even listed.

The OP needs to use the clause that tests on which *account* was used to get a message to organize them locally by account. However, as you mention, I would NOT use the stop-clause. You may very well have other rules that you want to exercise against mails, like the From header not containing an amperand (which means it is blank or doesn't contain a valid e-mail address), checking if the sender is known in your address book (which, for that rule, probably should use the stop-clause), or perform other checks against the mails. Just because you moved the mail based on which account through which it was delivered doesn't mean that no other checks are appropriate.

OK. I see the difference. If they were all from the same ISP, but different addresses, then my way would work. (I know it does). But since these are different ISPs, the rule must be altered as you say.


Except that, as mentioned, your e-mail address may never appear in the To or Cc headers but it is not spam. It still came *through* your ISP e-mail account whether or not it had the OPTIONAL To and Cc headers. How do you test through which e-mail account a message came through when nothing in the To or Cc header shows your e-mail address, those headers may not be there, or they are just bogus values? Even if the multiple accounts are on the same ISP, you can still use the rule to separate your mails by each account you have at the same ISP.

About the only rule that I have that tests against the To or Cc headers is to see if my e-mail address is NOT there. If it is NOT there then I will further process that mail since apparently it was not delivered to me using a normal e-mail client. However, since newsletteres, online order confirmation servers, and the like also usually don't list you in the To or Cc headers, you will need a whitelist rule to keep mails from known senders (in your address books) or periodically check the Junk folder (if that is where you move the suspect not-to-me mails) for false positives.

Consider yourself lucky *if* the To or Cc headers contain your e-mail address. I don't see relying on those headers to segragate mails by accounts as reliable and, in fact, it will fail too often.


I have two addresses where I have to change the identity to see them. The other two, Main Identity (which I use most) and another share the one instance. The Main Identity mail goes to the Inbox and mail from the second address goes into a user created Inbox using the rules I had suggested.

Since the Main Identity is the one used most, and by all my friends, BCC will come through. The second address, I wouldn't get any BCC mail, so the rule works for me. I do see your point though and agree it would be best to sort by the account.

As far as Spam. I have no rules or programs to guard against it, because I don't get any except in my oldest account, which I just use for ordering online. That has two rules.

1) My address must be in the To field, (any order conformation would not put my address anyplace else), and

2) If the To field contains any letters, or numbers, that are not in my address they are deleted from the server.

Like I said though, your way makes more sense for most people.
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~ 

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