Outlook 2007 in Vista -- Won't automatically apply rules; works fine in manual.

Carrie2525 · 08-23-2009, 04:59 PM

I am running Windows Vista Home Premium (SP2), with Microsoft Office Professional 2007, on a Sony Vaio VGN-CR420E. I just had to send it into Sony Tech Support for what ended up being a harddrive failure. They did their magic, and my laptop was sent back with factory settings. I've been trying to rehab it back to my "old way," and I'm running into resistance with Outlook 2007.

I loved the way I had it set up before it died--my three AOL accounts, and my one gmail account all had their own folder sets, but new incoming mail would also appear in the Personal Folders Inbox. My Hotmail account was separate, and the primary account.

I set up all of the email accounts again, and when new AOL/Gmail emails didn't start appearing in the Personal Folder Inbox, I created rules for each of the accounts that were "on this machine only," and "through the specified account"..."Apply this rule after the message arrives through the [aol] account, and on this machine only, move it to the [Inbox] folder."

Here's the really weird part--the rules work just fine when I get into Rules and Alerts and run each rule manually. The emails transfer just like they should. How come they won't do that when I click "Send/Receive?"

I just want it back the way it was...

08-23-2009, 04:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
Carrie2525 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 5 OS: XP	Outlook 2007 in Vista -- Won't automatically apply rules; works fine in manual. I am running Windows Vista Home Premium (SP2), with Microsoft Office Professional 2007, on a Sony Vaio VGN-CR420E. I just had to send it into Sony Tech Support for what ended up being a harddrive failure. They did their magic, and my laptop was sent back with factory settings. I've been trying to rehab it back to my "old way," and I'm running into resistance with Outlook 2007. I loved the way I had it set up before it died--my three AOL accounts, and my one gmail account all had their own folder sets, but new incoming mail would also appear in the Personal Folders Inbox. My Hotmail account was separate, and the primary account. I set up all of the email accounts again, and when new AOL/Gmail emails didn't start appearing in the Personal Folder Inbox, I created rules for each of the accounts that were "on this machine only," and "through the specified account"..."Apply this rule after the message arrives through the [aol] account, and on this machine only, move it to the [Inbox] folder." Here's the really weird part--the rules work just fine when I get into Rules and Alerts and run each rule manually. The emails transfer just like they should. How come they won't do that when I click "Send/Receive?" I just want it back the way it was...