[MlMt] best practices for diagnosing rules that aren't working..

[John Cooper]

Rick Flower wrote (at 11:25 AM on Tuesday, December 10, 2024):

> Hi all ..
>
> I’m having some issues with rules which I want to use to move items from the inbox into a folder such as “Bulk Mail”.. I have a bunch of rules for instance for the bulk folder that look like :
>
> If Any of the following are true
>
> From Address is —> Grovemade <hello at grovemade.com>
> From Address is -> Credit Karma <notifications at notifications4.creditkarma.com>
> From Address is -> Dutch Bros Coffee <goodvibes at members2.dutchbros.com>
> …
>
> Action is to Move To Mailbox [ location/name of mailbox ]
>
> Many things work fine but some do not and I’m not sure why the rules are not triggering.  I’ve got a bunch that are like this and I’ve changed “is” to “contains” and others.  Am I missing something? Thank you!

Just a guess, but maybe these rules are too specific? If Grovemade sends from info at grovemade.com instead of hello at grovemade.com, that wouldn't be caught. I would just use "From Address contains —> grovemade". Same with the others.