can't get remaining rules to run

I'm using Outlook 2002 SP-2 on a windows XP system.

I want to setup the following rules:

1) move messages with "testcenter_auto" in the recipient's address to a specific folder

2) move messages with just "testcenter" (not "testcenter_auto") in the recipient's address to a specific folder

3) move messages with "testcenter" (including testcenter, testcenter_auto, testcenter*) and my name (email) in the recipient's address to a specific folder

However, it seems that I can only get the first of these rules to process (due to the "stop processing more rules" condition) or all of them to process with multiple copies of the messages (at least in the inbox and the desired destination) if I turn the "stop processing mroe rules" condition off.

I've tried several varieties of methods to acheive these rules, but nothing seems to work. Here is what I'm currently using, in the order my rules are processed:

rule 1:
....after the message arrives
with testcenter_auto in the recipient's address
move it to the testcenter_auto folder
except with 'my name' or 'testcenter_proj' or 'testcenter@' in the recipient's address
stop processing more rules

rule 2:
....after the message arrives
with testcenterin the recipient's address
move it to the testcenter folder
except with 'my name' in the recipient's address
stop processing more rules

rule 3:
....after the message arrives
with testcenter in the recipient's address
assign it to the blah category
and move it to the testcenter folder
stop processing more rules

Of the above, only the 1st rule is processed. If I run rules 2 or 3 individually (using the "Run Now..." button) they work as expected. I thought "stop processing more rules" only applied if all conditions were met. Do "except...." statements not count in determining if we should stop processing more rules on that message?

Move rule 3 to slot 1, rule 1 to slot 2 and rule 2 to slot 3.


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wrote:

I'm using Outlook 2002 SP-2 on a windows XP system.

I want to setup the following rules:

1) move messages with "testcenter_auto" in the recipient's address to a specific folder

2) move messages with just "testcenter" (not "testcenter_auto") in the recipient's address to a specific folder

3) move messages with "testcenter" (including testcenter, testcenter_auto, testcenter*) and my name (email) in the recipient's address to a specific folder

However, it seems that I can only get the first of these rules to process (due to the "stop processing more rules" condition) or all of them to process with multiple copies of the messages (at least in the inbox and the desired destination) if I turn the "stop processing mroe rules" condition off.

I've tried several varieties of methods to acheive these rules, but nothing seems to work. Here is what I'm currently using, in the order my rules are processed:

rule 1:
...after the message arrives
with testcenter_auto in the recipient's address
move it to the testcenter_auto folder
except with 'my name' or 'testcenter_proj' or 'testcenter@' in the recipient's address
stop processing more rules

rule 2:
...after the message arrives
with testcenterin the recipient's address
move it to the testcenter folder
except with 'my name' in the recipient's address
stop processing more rules

rule 3:
...after the message arrives
with testcenter in the recipient's address
assign it to the blah category
and move it to the testcenter folder
stop processing more rules

Of the above, only the 1st rule is processed. If I run rules 2 or 3 individually (using the "Run Now..." button) they work as expected. I thought "stop processing more rules" only applied if all conditions were met. Do "except...." statements not count in determining if we should stop processing more rules on that message?