Apple Mail Rules Don't work automatically
This is another example of the poor execution and maintenance of Apple mail. When it works its great but there are so many little operational issues its becoming a joke for me. Before I move to Gmail I would like one more go at solving at least one of the bugs. This issue has been going on for years from what I can see from old threads.
I have set up a number of rules to delete certain email addresses. I select anything containing @emailaddress.com for instance. Set the rule and select delete. Now, it appears that sometimes it's working but I can't tell until I get a number of undeleted emails in my junk folder and have to apply the specific rules manually.
I have removed News from Apple from the rules, there are no duplications in the list and NO rules have "Stop Evaluating Rules" selected. I only assume it's working sometimes as of course having selected "delete" I would never see them as they go straight to the dark side ......
But again I then get a couple of the rogue emails pop into my junk file, having not been deleted, and as mentioned I have to manually apply the rules. That this is a long standing issue that people are having I can only assume competing with rival companies in mail management is low on Apples list of priorities. or more to the point, they just don't care. Apple Mail is full of little bugs like this. The other other is the constant request for password details for accounts for no obvious reasons. Typically with Outlook/Exchange which Apple has a particular issue with.
But if anyone has any ideas on the rules not applying I would be grateful
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)