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Is there a quirk to where outlook 2000 won't automatically run Rules in Public Folders?
I created a rule that works fine with the Inbox but when I use the same rules and apply them for Public folders I have to manually run the rules. Rules will not run when the email pops into the Public folder.
Rule
I wrote this rule using move/copy/forward and none worked right.
move new emails that have ''XXXX'' in subject line from Public folder ''Frank'' to another folder under ''Frank'' called ''Scott''.
When running this in public folders it won't run automatically, it has to be ran manually but I can take the same rule and appply it to the INBOX and move stuff from the INBOX to the DELETE box. I am using a roaming profile on windows 2000 with SP4.

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