Message Rules for Windows Live Mail

ukdeejay · Oct 7, 2010

studiot said: ↑

One thing to remember when creating message rules

The email client works through them in order, starting with number1

This may sound obvious but many find the rules don't work because they forget this.

So it is no use saying
rule 1 if it is for John Smith move it to the John folder
rule2 if the subject contains the word Viagra delete it from the server/do not download from server.

because in order to do rule 1 it will have to download so rule2 will never be executed.

So put your filters rules first and your housekeeping rules second.
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:confused

Hi Studiot - I came across this forum post after 'Googling' "Windows Live Mail message rules", because I keep getting a message rule error when receiving mail to a POP3 account in WLM.

The rule I am trying to create is along the lines of, 'if a message is sent to ... (email address) - in either the To: or Cc: field - move it to the Junk folder AND reply with message ...'. The message I want to automatically send back to anyone sending messages to a specific (disused) email address is saved in the Drafts sub-folder of that email account in the Folder list down the left-hand side of the WLM window.

The error message reads:

The message could not be sent because the server rejected the sender's e-mail address. The sender's e-mail address was 'myemailaddress@ukonline.co.uk'.

Subject 'Re: Message rule test message'
Server Error: 530
Server Response: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. f14sm450135wbe.2
Server: 'smtp.tools.sky.com'
Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC78
Protocol: SMTP
Port: 25
Secure(SSL): No

It appears that the incoming message is moved to the Junk folder, as per the first part of the message rule, but for some reason it cannot complete the second part of the rule, i.e. reply to the message sender with a specific message.

Any suggestions please?

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