I'm a dumb-dumb

Yes, I know, the subject line should reflect the nature of the problem, not
the posters behavour. B-)
I made a stupid rule in windows mail, yep, win98 doesn't have it, but
outlook express behaves in a very similar way (mail rules wise) You lot are
the gurus anyway.
"Highlight with colour messages older than x days" What colour? WHITE -
yeah, I know.
Deleting the rule doesn't help, I get the feeling it's something simple.
(Please don't inundate me with opinions of your favourite mail programme.)

Bambam not smoking tobacco for 2 Years, 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 20 hours,
50 minutes and 41 seconds (817 days). I have saved AU$9,618.13 by not
smoking 24,536 cigarettes. My Quit Date: 4/03/2007 12:00 AM

 

Well suppose I could delete and re-download - doh.
"pebble" <pebble@vista.rock.com> wrote in message
news:ulzJuxF4JHA.1196@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Yes, I know, the subject line should reflect the nature of the problem,
> not the posters behavour. B-)
> I made a stupid rule in windows mail, yep, win98 doesn't have it, but
> outlook express behaves in a very similar way (mail rules wise) You lot
> are the gurus anyway.
> "Highlight with colour messages older than x days" What colour? WHITE -
> yeah, I know.
> Deleting the rule doesn't help, I get the feeling it's something simple.
> (Please don't inundate me with opinions of your favourite mail programme.)
>
> Bambam not smoking tobacco for 2 Years, 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 20
> hours, 50 minutes and 41 seconds (817 days). I have saved AU$9,618.13 by
> not smoking 24,536 cigarettes. My Quit Date: 4/03/2007 12:00 AM
>

 

pebble wrote:
> Well suppose I could delete and re-download - doh.
> "pebble" <pebble@vista.rock.com> wrote in message
> news:ulzJuxF4JHA.1196@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Yes, I know, the subject line should reflect the nature of the
>> problem, not the posters behavour. B-)
>> I made a stupid rule in windows mail, yep, win98 doesn't have it, but
>> outlook express behaves in a very similar way (mail rules wise) You
>> lot are the gurus anyway.
>> "Highlight with colour messages older than x days" What colour?
>> WHITE - yeah, I know.
>> Deleting the rule doesn't help, I get the feeling it's something simple.
>> (Please don't inundate me with opinions of your favourite mail
>> programme.)
>>
>> Bambam not smoking tobacco for 2 Years, 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 20
>> hours, 50 minutes and 41 seconds (817 days). I have saved AU$9,618.13
>> by not smoking 24,536 cigarettes. My Quit Date: 4/03/2007 12:00 AM
>>
>
>

A simpler method might have been to modify the rule to a different
color or modify the related registry/hive entry.
IF you have deleted the original rule, re-create it with a proper
VISIBLE color, OR change the general background color.

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You're running Windows Mail in Vista Gold: Why are you posting in a
Win98-specific newsgroup?

Try posting here instead:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail

PS: Vista SP2 has been released. SP2 requires SP1 to be installed first and
you don't have SP1 installed yet. Why not? Is Automatic Updates enabled &
working properly? Is your Vista Gold computer fully-patched?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


pebble wrote:
> Yes, I know, the subject line should reflect the nature of the problem,
> not
> the posters behavour. B-)
> I made a stupid rule in windows mail, yep, win98 doesn't have it, but
> outlook express behaves in a very similar way (mail rules wise) You lot
> are
> the gurus anyway.
> "Highlight with colour messages older than x days" What colour? WHITE -
> yeah, I know.
> Deleting the rule doesn't help, I get the feeling it's something simple.
> (Please don't inundate me with opinions of your favourite mail programme.)
>
> Bambam not smoking tobacco for 2 Years, 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 20
> hours,
> 50 minutes and 41 seconds (817 days). I have saved AU$9,618.13 by not
> smoking 24,536 cigarettes. My Quit Date: 4/03/2007 12:00 AM

 

Actually Bear, it's windows ultimate, and as I said in my post, you guys are
the gurus. Not into having everything happening automatically. Always seem
to have some sort of drama after updates. Having deleted the rule, I
would've thought that the posts would revert to their pre-rule behaviour?
Obviously not.
Yes MEB, I do realise this . . . . now.
Thanks guys.
pebble in boulder B-)


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:uzVhizH4JHA.240@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> You're running Windows Mail in Vista Gold: Why are you posting in a
> Win98-specific newsgroup?
>
> Try posting here instead:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
>
> PS: Vista SP2 has been released. SP2 requires SP1 to be installed first
> and you don't have SP1 installed yet. Why not? Is Automatic Updates
> enabled & working properly? Is your Vista Gold computer fully-patched?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>
>
> pebble wrote:
>> Yes, I know, the subject line should reflect the nature of the problem,
>> not
>> the posters behavour. B-)
>> I made a stupid rule in windows mail, yep, win98 doesn't have it, but
>> outlook express behaves in a very similar way (mail rules wise) You lot
>> are
>> the gurus anyway.
>> "Highlight with colour messages older than x days" What colour? WHITE -
>> yeah, I know.
>> Deleting the rule doesn't help, I get the feeling it's something simple.
>> (Please don't inundate me with opinions of your favourite mail
>> programme.)
>>
>> Bambam not smoking tobacco for 2 Years, 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 20
>> hours,
>> 50 minutes and 41 seconds (817 days). I have saved AU$9,618.13 by not
>> smoking 24,536 cigarettes. My Quit Date: 4/03/2007 12:00 AM
>

 

I can assure that there are plenty of gurus in the Vista-specific
newsgroups, including microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail.

PS: If you computer is not fully-patched (not including SP1 and SP2),
there's a very good chance that you're seeing the effects of a hijackware
infection.


pebble wrote:
> Actually Bear, it's windows ultimate, and as I said in my post, you guys
> are
> the gurus. Not into having everything happening automatically. Always
> seem
> to have some sort of drama after updates. Having deleted the rule, I
> would've thought that the posts would revert to their pre-rule behaviour?
> Obviously not....
>
>> You're running Windows Mail in Vista Gold: Why are you posting in a
>> Win98-specific newsgroup?
>>
>> Try posting here instead:
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
>>
>> PS: Vista SP2 has been released. SP2 requires SP1 to be installed first
>> and you don't have SP1 installed yet. Why not? Is Automatic Updates
>> enabled & working properly? Is your Vista Gold computer fully-patched?
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>
>>
>> pebble wrote:
>>> Yes, I know, the subject line should reflect the nature of the problem,
>>> not
>>> the posters behavour. B-)
>>> I made a stupid rule in windows mail, yep, win98 doesn't have it, but
>>> outlook express behaves in a very similar way (mail rules wise) You lot
>>> are
>>> the gurus anyway.
>>> "Highlight with colour messages older than x days" What colour?
>>> WHITE -
>>> yeah, I know.
>>> Deleting the rule doesn't help, I get the feeling it's something simple.
>>> (Please don't inundate me with opinions of your favourite mail
>>> programme.)
>>>
>>> Bambam not smoking tobacco for 2 Years, 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 20
>>> hours,
>>> 50 minutes and 41 seconds (817 days). I have saved AU$9,618.13 by not
>>> smoking 24,536 cigarettes. My Quit Date: 4/03/2007 12:00 AM

 

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:eIkI$XI4JHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I can assure that there are plenty of gurus in the Vista-specific
>newsgroups, including microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail.

But not my favourite gurus B-)

> PS: If you computer is not fully-patched (not including SP1 and SP2),
> there's a very good chance that you're seeing the effects of a hijackware
> infection.

Perhaps.