How to determine what Outlook rule was applied?
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Mar 15, 2026104650 viewsConfidence Score1%
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I have a number of rules that filter mail to my deleted items folder. Sometimes it seems a rule applies to a message which I did not intend it to apply to. How can you "debug" which rule applied to a given message?
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Move the email back into the inbox. Open up the the rules manager and run the rules one by one which is easy to do in the 'Run Rules Now' dialog. You'll see it immediately disappear.
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