[MlMt] Still confused about rules

Randy Abbott abbott_randy at outlook.com
Fri Apr 11 21:12:03 EDT 2025


> I tested this and it works fine.  I think you may be running into the  
> "when the Rules are applied" part of this…
>
> Remember, the rule is only applied when the message is delivered into 
> the SMOX, not when you create the SMBOX. In my scenario, I setup 
> everything as you did but disabled the delete rule and then sent a few 
> test messages. All were delivered as expected into the SMBOX that had 
> the delete rule. I then enabled the delete rule and while leaving the 
> previous messages in place. I then sent more test messages all of 
> which were immediately deleted however the messages that were sent 
> before I enabled the rule remained…

I un-checked "Limit at start of day" and then manually ran the rule to 
clear out SMBOX-2. I waited a couple of days until some messages 
appeared. However, the rule didn't trigger and there are now messages in 
SMBOX-2 that are older than 14 days. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
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