Re: Mail.app rules

From	Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk>
Newsgroups	uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject	Re: Mail.app rules
Date	2026-04-19 06:40 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 17 Apr 2026 at 23:20:44 BST, "Bruce" <07.013@scorecrow.com> wrote:

> On 14/04/2026 15:22, Old John wrote:
>> I have tried all sorts of tricks but I cannot get this rule to work reliably,
>> and certainly not on arrival. Sometimes "Apply Rules" or <command><option>L
>> works, sometimes it doesn't; sometimes Mark as read/unread triggers it,
>> sometimes it doesn't.
> 
> Dumb question but worth checking. For one of the emails in question:
> highlight it then choose Menu -> View -> Message -> Raw Source and check
> that the header you are looking for is actually a header i.e. appears in
> the top section, above the blank line that separates the headers from
> the footer?
> 
>> 
>> One faint possibility remains. In an earlier post you said "That is what I can
>> say besides that you should also check whether the filter is valid for the
>> account in question". Also, if I change or create a rule, I see a dialog that
>> says
>> ""Do you want to apply your rules to messages in selected mailboxes?
>> Applying rules to the selected mailboxes may change their contents. Active
>> rules will always be applied to new messages".
>> 
>> Maybe my filter is not valid for the account in question, or the mailbox is
>> unselected? But I see no way to select one or more mailboxes or validate a
>> filter for an account. And the Rule is certainly Active.
>> 
>> Am I missuing something? Or must I assue that the MacOS implementation of
>> Rules is faulty?

That was checked at Jorg's suggestion early on, but I looked again to make
sure. Resent-From is definitely there in the headers.
-- 
An infinitely complex system can fail in an infinite number of ways.

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Mail.app rules Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-04-11 16:38 +0000
  Re: Mail.app rules Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-11 21:56 +0200
    Re: Mail.app rules Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-04-12 08:24 +0000
      Re: Mail.app rules Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-04-12 08:26 +0000
        Re: Mail.app rules Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-12 11:32 +0200
          Re: Mail.app rules Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-04-12 12:39 +0000
            Re: Mail.app rules Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-12 17:09 +0200
              Re: Mail.app rules Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-04-13 06:43 +0000
                Re: Mail.app rules Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-13 10:24 +0200
                Re: Mail.app rules Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-04-14 14:22 +0000
                Re: Mail.app rules Bruce <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2026-04-17 23:20 +0100
                Re: Mail.app rules Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-04-19 06:40 +0000

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