Mail rules was brought up at Lotusphere more than once, so a quick bit of info
Tags :Technical
It seems that just because you remove/delete/disable
a mail rule in a mailfile, it still can function as if it was enabled.
I did some searching and amazingly Lotus has issued some technical
information on this.
You may observe that a deleted mail rule continues
to function, even though it no longer appears in the Rules folder. You
may also observe that an enabled mail rule does not run.
So they go on to provide two scenarios where this might occur. If
you actually delete the rule, it might still be hidden. They show
steps to see the hidden rules that I wanted to pass on.
Look at the Calendar Profile using NotesPeek or LotusScript
and you will still see the corresponding $FilterFormula_x field present.
Now there is a ton of resolution scenarios that are listed in the technote
(#1088058) but this was the most important thing to pass on right away.
This occurs when a rule was deleted while it was still
enabled. This causes the rule entry in the Calendar Profile to not
be removed. In order to avoid this issue in the future you should
be sure to always disable a mail rule prior to deleting it. Ways
to workaround this issue (and remove the rule entry from the Calendar Profile)
are listed further below.
So make sure you disable the rule before removing it. Seems
to make a world of difference until this get sorted out in a future release.
blog comments powered by Disqus
On Friday, February 4th, 2005 by Chris Miller
