message rules

Hi
I use OE for email and so do various members of my family. I have set the rules to divert their email to their own boxes. I can do this for the 'to' and the 'cc' but I can't seem to do it for 'bc' any ideas.
Thanks
Lewis

 

I'm a bit confused as to what you are asking. I don't have any trouble diverting mail to folders I have created in OE. How, exactly, are you doing it? All I do is, after I open a message I then click on MESSAGE on the menu bar then CREATE RULE FROM MESSAGE and then proceed to set up my rule for that address. My mail always goes to the folder I designate. What route do you take?

Let me know.

 

Hi
To set message rules, to send incoming mail to the folder I want it to go to I click tools/message rules/mail/ mail rules tab/new and in the options that can be checked are 'when the to lines contain people' and 'when the cc lines contain people' but there seems for no provision for when the bc lines contain people....so if an email arrives where I am on the bc line how do I direct it to the correct folder
Thanks for your reply Panda I hope this clarifies my question.
Thanks again
Lewis

 

I understand how the rules work and I know about the options to choose from, but why do you use the TO or CC lines? Why are you not using the FROM option? BCC stands for Blind Carbon Copy. This means that whoever sent you the mail also sent it to other people, but you can't see who. That is what 'blind' means. A great security feature which helps keep your address from floating around in other poeples' boxes for them to get a hold of and forward to possible spammers. Therefore, when you see YOUR name on the BCC line, you can't see anyone elses address. That could be why there is no option for BCC in the rules. I'm assuming you just want to put addresses FROM people and put them in that person's folder so all their mail goes to the correct folder. Try just using the FROM option in the rules and you should be set to go. Does any of this make sense to you? If not, holler back! Sometimes my explanations come out twisted.



Good luck, and report back if this will work for you or if I just plain missed the point.

 

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Hi Panda
I don't know who will send emails in the future. When an email arrives addressed to a member of my family and their name is in the 'to' line then it goes to their folder. If their name is in the 'cc' line it goes to their folder. If their name is in the 'Bcc' line I don't know where it goes
Thats all
Lewis

 

I think you are still not understanding my solution, or, I am totally not understanding your problem. I think if you follow the instructions I stated in the last post you will have all the mail going to the right folders. How do you know which mail is for which person when it comes in? Do you open it? If you don't want to open a letter and you know who it's supposed to go to, then have THAT person open the mail and follow the instructions on having it go to THEIR folder. By choosing the option FROM in the list, it will 'read' that address in the letter and all mail from that person will always go into the folder you designate in the rule. As I said before, the BCC line means BLIND copy, therefore, there is no rule to be made from that line since it covered lots of addresses which are not seen by you. I honestly don't know what else to tell you. Maybe some one else out there can see something that we both are missing and can clue us in.

Keep posting back if any of this works, or not.

 

rules

Hi Panda
You are describing a manual solution I am using the automatic option I know bcc stands for blind carbon copy and I understand it's use. You don't seem to understand my query.
Thanks anyway
Lewis

If I was to use the 'from' I would have to know all the people who will ever send an email to all members of my family in the future

 

I guess I'm the one with the blind spot!!! I now understand what you are trying to do. DUH! I'm guessing that if their name is listed under the BCC then you would have to do it manually. Hopefully, there won't be too many coming in that way. I finally understand how you have it set up. Geeesh. I must have been having a 'senior' moment and it just didn't register. Thanks for putting up with this 'old lady' and good luck with your mail.

 

BCC

Panda: The BCC refers to *OUTGOING ONLY*, t has nothing to do with filters for an incoming message! Hth, enjoy, George.