[MlMt] "Apply rules" — do anything?

[Charlie Clark]

On 28 Mar 2025, at 16:42, David Pesetsky wrote:

Hi David,

> MailMate using Exchange's IMAP server seems to have no problem moving messages manually, but when I try to use newly created rules to move old messages, nothing happens.  I have tried both of the options under "Apply rules" ("selected messages" and "all messages"), and they seem to do nothing at all.  No messages get moved.
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> I have found a few old discussions here that touch on this, but can I confirm that this function is truly broken — or am I missing something?

Well, without looking at your system, we can't really tell: it may be how you're holding it! ;-)

I have something similar for an Exchange account and it's working fine: it moves all the monitoring mails we get from various systems to another folder and marks them as read. This is the basic setup:

Conditions:
Any of the following:
From "is" "<veeam at example.com>"

Actions:
Move to Mailbox Account > Inbox > Monitoring
Set Tag/Keyword "Seen (Read)"

I also have a rule on the Monitoring folder that delete permanently mail that is not from within the last 30 days – this option becomes available if you do not select any part of the date.

Credit to Bill Cole for the initial idea, especially that it sometimes better to create a virtual mailbox and add actions to it.

Charlie

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