Microsoft KB Archive/258787

= Rule to forward messages in Outlook only sends one message =

Article ID: 258787

Article Last Modified on 2/2/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q258787



SYMPTOMS
When you create an Outlook rule to forward e-mail messages to a contact, Microsoft Outlook may only forward one message each time that you start Outlook.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when multiple messages are received with the same text in the Subject box. This functionality prevents the messages from being endlessly forwarded to the contact. 

WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, modify the text in the Subject box of any replies to the message thread. This causes any subsequent reply to be forwarded.

Note The rule will not forward subsequent replies to messages that use the same text in the Subject box unless you restart Outlook.

Additional query words: OL2002 OL2003

Keywords: kbprb KB258787

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