[MlMt] Subrules - what is the purpose

[Antonio Leding]

Thanks Benny - actually, I did a bit more research and hadn’t yet 
posted back to this list.

Since my initial post, I have tested several iterations of parent\child 
rules and all is working properly on my systems.

Thanks…

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On 14 May 2021, at 6:05, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> On 30 Apr 2021, at 5:14, Antonio Leding wrote:
>
>> MM crew - what is the purpose of a subrule?  Are these just for 
>> grouping (i.e. no selection criteria or actions) or are there other 
>> purposes?
>>
>> I thought they might also be used to setup a hierarchy of rule 
>> execution but after testing this a bit, I find this is not the case.  
>> The behavior I see is that even if the parent rule has messages that 
>> meet the selection criteria, the subrules still do not execute…
>
> That sounds like it could be a bug. A subrule should be applied when 
> the parent rule matches. If you are sure it's broken then I'll look 
> into it. (If it's broken then I'm guessing not a lot users rely on 
> this feature.)
>
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