Inbox Assistant Does Not Sort Using Extended Characters

 Last reviewed: February 16, 1998
Article ID: Q169615
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Outlook Express version 4.0 for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Outlook Express version 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you are reviewing filtered mail that is sorted by an Inbox Assistant rule, rules that contain extended characters are ignored.

CAUSE

Inbox Assistant cannot identify extended characters and cannot sort mail based on rules that contain extended characters.

RESOLUTION

Do not use extended characters when you are defining rules.

MORE INFORMATION

An extended character is any ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) character between 128 and 255. Extended characters (also known as "extended ASCII") can add up to 128 additional characters to the standard ASCII character set, such as accented letters, graphics characters, and special symbols.

Additional query words: 4.00
Keywords : kbtool outexnt outexw95
Version : 4.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: February 16, 1998
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