Microsoft KB Archive/169615

= OLEXP: Inbox Assistant Does Not Sort Using Extended Characters =

Article ID: 169615

Article Last Modified on 10/9/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q169615



SYMPTOMS
When you are reviewing filtered mail that is sorted by an Inbox Assistant rule, rules that contain extended characters are ignored.



CAUSE
Inbox Assistant cannot identify extended characters and cannot sort mail based on rules that contain extended characters.



RESOLUTION
Do not use extended characters when you are defining rules.



MORE INFORMATION
An extended character is any ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) character between 128 and 255. Extended characters (also known as "extended ASCII") can add up to 128 additional characters to the standard ASCII character set, such as accented letters, graphics characters, and special symbols.

Additional query words: 4.00

Keywords: KB169615

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