I'm guessing the answer to this has to do with some sort of timing, but I
can't figure it out.
I have 2 rules on my Inbox.
1) Rule #1 moves mail messages to a PST having a folder _Inbox
2) Rule #2 -- which I believe should fire AFTER rule #1 -- uses a custom
script which uses the objMail.Move method to move the message to a different
folder, say DestFolder, in another PST.
I trace the VBA and have no errors & when It's done, there appears to be a
copy of the email message in the DestFolder, because the original message is
still sittng in the _InBox folder.
If I switch the order of the rules so that the 2nd rule has a higher
priority (since Outlook says they process in the order shown), the surprising
result is that there is no difference. I still have a copy of the message in
BOTH _InBox and DestFolder.
I would have thought that if rule 1 fired first and moved the message (based
on it's criteria), rule 2 wouldn't see it. If on the other hand, rule 2
fired first and moved it to DestFolder, then rule 1 wouldn't see it, so it
wouldn't be in _InBox.
I don't understand why there are two copies, particularly since neither the
canned rules nor the VBA tries to copy the item -- the both use a *move*
directive.
Can someone explain this?
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 06 Mar 2008 23:31 GMT
If you want only the first rule to process the message, add the "stop processing" action to it.

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> I'm guessing the answer to this has to do with some sort of timing, but I
> can't figure it out.
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> Can someone explain this?
JoeLiuzzo - 07 Mar 2008 20:51 GMT
Thank you very much. I never noticed that option, as it's never been a
factor in my rules hierarchy before.
> If you want only the first rule to process the message, add the "stop processing" action to it.
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> > Can someone explain this?