[MlMt] "Apply rules" — do anything?

[David Pesetsky]

Well it's actually moving new messages successfully when they arrive, so 
I think the rules are properly formulated.  But I am unable to get it to 
move old messages using the menu items that are supposed to do that.

On 28 Mar 2025, at 17:22, Randall Gellens wrote:

> On 28 Mar 2025, at 8:42, David Pesetsky wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> The first step is to verify that your rule conditions match the 
> messages. I'd suggest removing the "Move" action and replacing it with 
> "Set Tag/Keyword" to set "Flagged", which makes the message have a 
> noticeable color.
>
> If you apply rules to selected messages and the messages do not get 
> flagged, then something in your conditions isn't right.
>
> --Randall
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