Title: Re: How to eliminate all emails with .pif attachments
Drag the "Delete .PIF" rule to the top of the list, make sure the "Enabled" checkbox is checked, and make sure the "Execute" pop-up is set to "if any criteria are met".  That should take care of it, provided your rule has been created under the correct tab, as a rule like this won't function on an IMAP account.

Since you don't want to even see these messages (even though they won't harm your Mac), you might want to remove the "Delete Message" action and instead add an action to "Run AppleScript: Nuke Messages".  That'll delete the message permanently from your system, bypassing the Deleted Items folder, but be careful since there is the unlikely chance you'll lose a legitimate message this way.

You can download the free AppleScript from SomeDude Software; make sure you download the Entourage version.
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On 8/19/03 6:13 PM, "zaqq" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Like probably the rest of the world, my otherwise tight Entourage X email accounts are getting swamped with this latest SoBig virus. Since each of them contain a .pif attachment, I want to set up a Rule to delete them, permanently, without me checking them first.

So far, my Rule isn’t working. (I have a total of 8 Rules). Here’s how the Delete .PIF rule is set up:

If: Attachment: Name Contains: .pif
Then: Change Status: Junk mail
Delete Message

>From the http://www.entourage.mvps.org/rules/rules_basics.html#Anchor-troubleshoot_rules page, it looks like only one Rule can have a Move action in it, and then no other Rule containing a Move action will work (and I do have another Rule that has a Move action in it).

Is there a way to accomplish this task?

Thanks as always.






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