OL98: Rule Continues to Remove Messages After Folder Deleted

ID: Q181608

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

With the Rules Wizard in Microsoft Outlook 98, you can create a rule to move incoming messages which meet certain criteria to a specified folder. However, if you delete the targeted folder, the rule continues to remove the incoming messages that match the rule, from the Inbox.


CAUSE

The rule continues to move matching items to the specified folder, which is now a subfolder of the Deleted Items folder.


RESOLUTION

Delete the folder from its new location as a subfolder of the Deleted Items folder. This permanently deletes the folder and the rule will no longer function.


MORE INFORMATION

When you delete a folder in Outlook, the folder becomes a subfolder of the Deleted Items folder. The Rules Wizard automatically tracks the location of moved target folders; because the target folder is now a subfolder of the Deleted Items folder, the rule continues to move matching messages there.


REFERENCES

For more information on deleted folders, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q180675 OL98: Deleted Folder Becomes Subfolder to Deleted Items Folder

Additional query words: 98 


Keywords          : GnlAddin GnlFold 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: August 12, 1999