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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Installation and Configuration / November 2005How do I create msg rule 'do not download from server' in Outlook?
I have just upgraded from Outlook Express to Outlook 2002. An essential message rule which I had set up in Express was to not download messages from the server if the 'To' or 'Cc' line contained a particular email address or addresses. I cannot find a way of doing this in Outlook. If this can't be done then I can't use Outlook. Why take away useful features? Because Outlook's rules wizard operates post-download since it's melded with the transport like it is with OE. Do you have more than one person's email in the same mailbox? >I have just upgraded from Outlook Express to Outlook 2002. An essential > message rule which I had set up in Express was to not download messages [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > be > done then I can't use Outlook. Why take away useful features? Thanks for the quick response. > Do you have more than one person's email > in the same mailbox? Yes. We have 2 PCs, currently both running OE, my message rules are set up so as to leave any messages on the server which are 'To' or 'Cc' my wife's email address(es), her message rules are set up to only download messages which are 'To' or 'Cc' her email address(es). It's not 100% ideal but it works. But only with OE it seems.... Forwarding email back to the other email address(es) isn't acceptable, since all her email will appear to have come from me. > >I have just upgraded from Outlook Express to Outlook 2002. An essential > > message rule which I had set up in Express was to not download messages [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > be > > done then I can't use Outlook. Why take away useful features? Well I see that I'm not the first person to trip up on this. Questions "selective download of email off server" and "do not download from server rule in Outlook" ask the same thing. The answer appears to be "you can't", so I'll have to junk Outlook and revert to Outlook Express. How silly! This is a serious omission for those people who use message rules to download messages addressed to different people to different computers. > I have just upgraded from Outlook Express to Outlook 2002. An essential > message rule which I had set up in Express was to not download messages from > the server if the 'To' or 'Cc' line contained a particular email address or > addresses. I cannot find a way of doing this in Outlook. If this can't be > done then I can't use Outlook. Why take away useful features? Normally it's solved by having seperate mailboxes. > Well I see that I'm not the first person to trip up on this. Questions > "selective download of email off server" and "do not download from server [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > download > messages addressed to different people to different computers. > Outlook Express. How silly! This is a serious omission for those > people who use message rules to download messages addressed to > different people to different computers. There are other ways to peel that grape, like having separate server mailboxes for each person.  SignatureBrian Tillman > If this can't be done then I can't use > Outlook. Why take away useful features? No one "took away" any useful feature, since Outlook and Outlook Express are completely separate products and Outlook has never been able to do what you describe. SignatureBrian Tillman |
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