Entourage Rules

Hello again,

I have created a rule that states: when I send an email that has the
words the words Quote, Quotation, Invoice or ``` in the subject and/or
the message body then forward to a specific email address. I have
tried to test this email several times, but I cannot seem to get it to
work.

Am I doing something wrong? Why won't the rule forward a copy to the
specified email recipients?

Thanks in advance JKL

Diane
Fri Aug 31 12:27:52 PDT 2007

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On 8/31/07 8:38 AM, in article
1188574710.632894.24030@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com,
"JustinKristopher@gmail.com" <JustinKristopher@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have created a rule that states: when I send an email that has the
> words the words Quote, Quotation, Invoice or ``` in the subject and/or
> the message body then forward to a specific email address. I have
> tried to test this email several times, but I cannot seem to get it to
> work.
>
> Am I doing something wrong? Why won't the rule forward a copy to the
> specified email recipients?

I'm assuming when you compose this message you know that you want it Cc to
other recipients. In this case use an AppleScript to create the message with
the intended recipients rather than trying to act on the message when it is
being sent. You might be able to do this with Automator too.

Here¹s an example to BCC a recipient with To left blank:

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set newMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {BCC
recipients:"johndoe@comcast.net"}
open newMessage
end tell

This example has a ³To²

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set newMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {to
recipients:"bigbird@comcast.net", BCC recipients:"johndoe@comcast.net"}
open newMessage
end tell

--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>

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> I have created a rule that states:  when I =
send an email that has the 
> words the words Quote, Quotation, Invoice or ``` in the subject and/or=
 
> the message body then forward to a specific email address.  I hav=
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> tried to test this email several times, but I cannot seem to get it to=
 
> work. 
> 
> Am I doing something wrong?  Why won't the rule forward a copy to=
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> specified email recipients? 
 
I'm assuming when you compose this message you know that you want it Cc to =
other recipients. In this case use an AppleScript to create the message with=
the intended recipients rather than trying to act on the message when it is=
being sent. You might be able to do this with Automator too. 
 
Here’s an example to BCC a recipient with To left blank: 
 
tell application =
"Microsoft Entourage" 
    set newMessage to =
make new outgoing =
message with properties {BCC recipients:"johndoe@comcast.net"} 
    open newMessage 
end tell 
 
 
This example has a “To” 
 
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-- 
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP 
Entourage Help Page   <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> 
Entourage Help Blog  <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/> 
  

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Barry
Fri Aug 31 15:44:47 PDT 2007

On 31/08/2007 16:38, in article
1188574710.632894.24030@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com,
"JustinKristopher@gmail.com" <JustinKristopher@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello again,
>
> I have created a rule that states: when I send an email that has the
> words the words Quote, Quotation, Invoice or ``` in the subject and/or
> the message body then forward to a specific email address. I have
> tried to test this email several times, but I cannot seem to get it to
> work.
>
> Am I doing something wrong? Why won't the rule forward a copy to the
> specified email recipients?
>
> Thanks in advance JKL
>

In the rules dialog there are different tabs for pop mail, imap, exchange
and news - the last tab is for outgoing mail (actually they run after the
mail has been sent so should really be called 'outgone' rules!). Did you
create your rule in this last tab?
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BarryW
Microsoft MVP (see http://www.microsoft.com/mvp for details)
Visit the Entourage User's Weblog for hints tips & troubleshooting for
Microsoft entourage: http://www.barryw.net/weblog

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