False McAffee Emails Defy Outlook Rules

[hlewton]

Well I seem to have to revisit this because the rules I create, even though others are exactly the same, don't seem to be working. In the first attachment you'll see there is only 1 condition and it sends those emails to the junk folder as do all the ones above it except the top 2 which will be shown in the second attachment. Any ideas why these new rules are not working? I am not sure about McAffee since none have come in lately but the rule with Pence in it is new and every email with that name in it arrives in my Inbox.

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[Leif]

Are you testing the rules with Run Rules Now...?

[hlewton]

Are you testing the rules with Run Rules Now...?

Never have tried that but I will.

[hlewton]

Are you testing the rules with Run Rules Now...?

I moved the latest email I received displaying the word "Pence" back from the Deleted folder to the Inbox and ran the Pence rule, as you suggested, and it still remained in the Inbox. Not sure what that tells me other then it is not sending any email with that word to the Junk folder.

[JoeP]

I'm not sure that the rule will work for an email moved to the Inbox as opposed to received in the Inbox. You should try the "Run rules..." when you observe a message in the Inbox that you think one of the rules should have already caught.

[hlewton]

I'm not sure that the rule will work for an email moved to the Inbox as opposed to received in the Inbox. You should try the "Run rules..." when you observe a message in the Inbox that you think one of the rules should have already caught.

Thanks. I will try that the next time I get one.

[hlewton]

A new email came in today in the Inbox with the word Pence in it. The rule should have moved it to the Junk folder, but it didn't. Please see the first attachment. I opened the rules and made it Run Now and it still remained in the Inbox. The rule can be seen in the second attachment. Can't figure out why this rule won't work. Any ideas?

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[HansV]

The subject is "T***, D*** shocked ...". It doesn't appear to contain the P-word.

P*** News is the display name of the sender of the message, not the subject.
If you open the message, you should be able to see the email address it was sent from. Does that contain the P-word? If so, clear the check box "with specific words in the subject", and tick the check box "with specific words in the sender's address", then specify P***.

[hlewton]

The subject is "T***, D*** shocked ...". It doesn't appear to contain the P-word.

P*** News is the display name of the sender of the message, not the subject.
If you open the message, you should be able to see the email address it was sent from. Does that contain the P-word? If so, clear the check box "with specific words in the subject", and tick the check box "with specific words in the sender's address", then specify P***.

Thank you. I just got another and I will try that.

[hlewton]

That seemed to work, thank you.

[hlewton]

Lately I have been bombarded with emails from AAA which is supposed to be an emergency road service for vehicles. I know they are bogus and have tries creating a rule to transfer them to the Junk folder as they are received. Nothing I have created works. Please see the attachment for the 3 most recent emails I just received this morning. As you can see, after the "AAA," nothing is the same. "AAA" is part of the subject of the email, isn't it? If you were trying to create a rule that sent every email that had "AAA" in it, how would you do it? Obviously what I am doing is wrong because it sure isn't working.

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[HansV]

Have you tried this?

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[hlewton]

Have you tried this?

Hans, there seems to be one of my posts missing. I replied to this before by saying, I think I have tried this. Now I can say for certain, I have. I made it exactly as shown in your screenshots. Today I can say it too didn't stop those AAA email from reaching me. I just got what can be seen in the attachment, if I can get this reply to post OK. It is frustrating how some spam/junk emails manage to get around rules.

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Something is wrong because when I attach the screenshot, the only option I have is to delete it, not insert it into the post. Anyway, another AAA email got through to my Outlook Inbox.

[hlewton]

I have no idea what happened in the above post, but that is the screenshot I tried to post.

[HansV]

I don't know why it does not work. I guess you'll have to delete such messages manually.

[Leif]

...I think I have tried this. Now I can say for certain, I have.

Try copying the email subject into Notepad and see if this shows up any hidden characters.
Alternatively, check the header of the email under Message Options to see what the Subject is coming in as.

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[hlewton]

...I think I have tried this. Now I can say for certain, I have.

Try copying the email subject into Notepad and see if this shows up any hidden characters.
Alternatively, check the header of the email under Message Options to see what the Subject is coming in as.
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Thank you. I'll have that a try.

[hlewton]

Last Chance: You have won an A.A.A Car Emergency Kit! Don't Miss Out!
AAA Winner <GraceEvans82@xidkpjhqwet.buzz>

This is all I see when trying to copy the subject to Notepad

[HansV]

Aha - this time the subject contains A.A.A. instead of AAA

[hlewton]

Aha - this time the subject contains A.A.A. instead of AAA

Sneaky, it didn't show that in Outlook. Two others just came in, I better look at them too. Thanks