Easily Create Message Rules With Windows Live Mail

Ok,I see how to make rules but it says rules only apply to POP accounts not http live hotmail, and if i click on new rules logged in to hotmail web sight nothing happens. any one know about this? I dont know if it matters but im using live 2009 best i can get with xp.

 

Well, what is there to say? As you've observed by viewing a screen in Windows Live Mail, message rules cannot be created for HTTP-type, i.e. Hotmail, accounts. That's the reality you'll have to accept with Hotmail.

 

I was wondering if you guys can help me out. I read Major Attitude's post on how to filter the spam I get. I Admin a couple of small forums and I am bombarded with emails "New user account" every day from the spambots trying to make accounts. My host has set it up so that all accounts not authenticated by the Admin are deleted (since my forums are small, this isn't a problem).

So I did everything listed in Major Attitude's post and I set the rule to subject line "New user account" and I've tried both delete and delete from server and absolutely nothing happens. I wonder if it has to do with the fact that the emails are sent from the addresses of the email accounts themselves. Any ideas? I appreciate the help. Thank you.

 

That should work. I also am an admin on a small forum and get those annoying spambot registration attempts. I have a Message Rule set to send them to a certain folder. To do this, I set the Rule based on the Subject line (where it equals 'Activate user account'), and it works. As a test, I also just created a rule to delete messages with "test" in the subject line and then sent a message to myself with "test" as the subject. The rule worked; the message went directly to the Deleted items folder.

So, I think you need to do some further testing and experimenting to resolve this. Do a test like I did, or try creating a Rule for some other sender, using Subject line for the rule's condition and see whether you can get it to work? Also, can you post a screen shot of your Edit Mail Rule screen so that we can see it?

 

Thanks for the response. Sorry it's taken me so long to reply. Here's a screen shot.



The emails have "New user account" in the subject lines. I am so lost.

 

I have tryed the normal way of making a mail rule. And having a problem with windows live mail. I click the subj line containing
the word then I click on move to move it to a new dir but the window shows outbox then storage folders. but not showing the sub folders i already made under each of the 3 emails I have.

Steve

 

Did you see the note on the screenshot above your post?

Unless you are downloading email, you can not do this.

 

I am downloading the emails 2 my laptop. The message rule just won't let me make the dir were I want to on my laptop

 

Thank u for Ur Guide

 

Thank you for your post Major Attitude. I really dislike MS hard to find 'shortcuts' on Office or WLM & could Not find the Message Rules anywhere! So thx again for removing a little frustration from my computering.
Barb

 

Now that all of these wonderful rules have been created, how are they (the rules) sorted alphabetically. I have almost a hundred rules and whenever I create a new rule, I have to move it from the bottom of the list of rules to where ever it fits in alphabetically. This is a waste of time and should not be necessary. It should be done automatically and the Live Mail team should correct this problem. Or is there a fix already?