OL98: Rule Continues to Remove Messages After Folder Deleted
Article ID: 181608
Article Last Modified on 8/13/1999
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q181608
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:
180675
OL98: Deleted Folder Becomes Subfolder to Deleted Items
Folder
Additional query words: 98
Keywords: kbprb KB181608