Hello Jocelyn,
Thank you for helping me with this. The answer to your question is, "Yes."
That is exactly how I set up the rule. I can't be sure, but it appears as if
what happens is that when the mail comes from
AlbertAssistant@BigCorp.Com on behalf of BettyBigShot@BigCorp.Com
that the rule treats only AlbertAssistant@BigCorp.Com as the sender,
ignoring everything that comes after, with the result that the criterion
doesn't match, and so the mail is not sorted. As I say, I'm not sure, but
the behavior I have seen is consistent with this (discouraging) hypothesis.
John
"Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
> How is your rule worded? Have you tried using "with specific words in the
> sender's address"?
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> "John Bigelow" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > How can I set up a rule to handle mail conditional on both the sender of
> > e-mail and the person (if he or she is a different person) on whose behalf
> > the e-mail was sent?
> >
> > I ask this question because I use rules on incoming e-mail to sort messages
> > into one folder with e-mail from senders in my outlook address book and
> > another folder with unknown senders - usually mostly spam as you can imagine.
> >
> > I have noticed that it doesn't work quite right when e-mail is sent by one
> > person "on behalf of" another. (e.g. mail from Al.Assistant@BigCorp.Com on
> > behalf of Bob.Bigshot@BigCorp.com). When such a message arrives, the rule
> > that sorts the mail identifies the sender as Al.Assistant@BigCorp.com and
> > takes no notice of Bob.Bigshot@BigCorp.com. So if Bob has not given me Al's
> > e-mail address to add to my contacts, then the messsage gets shunted into the
> > ignominy of the unknown senders folder.
> >
> > When I noticed this behavior, I tried to amend my rule to include behavior
> > based on this type of sender, but I can't see how to do so.
> >
> > So, my question is: How can I set up a rule to handle mail conditional on
> > both the sender of e-mail and the person (if he or she is a different person)
> > on whose behalf the e-mail was sent?
> >
> > In case it's relevant, I am using Outlook 2003 and all my e-mail comes in
> > from a POP3 server.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for any help that somebody may be able to provide.
> >
> > John