Hoping that someone can help with this. Why is it that rules sometime don't work unless you run them manually? I have a number of rules set up to sort mail into various folders. The very first rule in the list is a white list rule that checks if sender's address is in a local (workstation) outlook address book (contacts folder) and if it is then it moves those particular emails to a public folder. A few weeks ago, the white list rule quit working; however, it still works if I run it manually all my other emails that sort mail are working properly. What gives? All of my rules run locally on the workstation which is always on. Outlook XP running under Win XP Pro connected to an Exchange 2000 server . Thanks for any advice. -- Dab Cut off: yourhead to respond