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Mail Act-On: An intelligent 'assistant' for Mail
Authored by: amit_kr on Jun 21, '05 04:56:04PM

I must be missing something basic here. If I set up a rule that gets evaluated when I press the corresponding Ctrl key, won't that rule also get evaluated when I get new mail?

For example, if I have a rule that says 'Turn the background of the message Red', and have it evaluated for 'All Messages', all the new mail I get will get marked Red. Right?



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Mail Act-On: An intelligent 'assistant' for Mail
Authored by: jzp on Jun 21, '05 05:22:37PM

You're right - this is slightly confusing.

The plug-in prevents Act-On rules from being run normally unless you have pressed the key. It also adds a special 'stop rule' between the Act-On rules (which should be at the end of the rules list) and any existing rules you have. This ensures that they don't get executed if the plugin is not loaded.



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