> Hi,
>
> I sometimes get emails which have special standardized notifications in
> them.  Any "special attention" areas are in a consistent format which will
> also contain numbers that are normally 0.  If they aren't 0, then there is
> some kind of problem. So, the number values can be from 0 to any value.
> Is
> there a way to "flag" these in a rule?  Ideally, I'd like to change the
> message color of or priority based on the values seen.
>
> Below is partial output from one of the emails with example fields
> high-lighted:
>
> Successes   : 10
> Failures    : 0  <====
> Aborted       : 0 <====
> Never ran   : 0
> Total         : 10
> Requested   : 1 thru 26
> Crashes       : 0 <====
> Pauses        : 0
> Reloads       : 0
>
> Thanks,
> -Tennis
>
> --
> Remove "-remove-to-reply" to respond to my  email address directly.
>
>

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <diane.poremsky+msn***@gmail.com> wrote in
message news:diane.poremsky+msnews@gmail.com:

> you'll need to create a series of individual rules to move  or flag
> messages:
>
> 1) if message contains 'Failures    : 0' then do this...
> 2) if message contains 'Failures    : 1' then do this...
> etc - one per each condition you have. if there is a consistent text that
> you can use as a master condition, you could have one rule:
>
> if message contains 'this phrase' and 'Failures    : 0' then do this...
> else, do that.
>
> If you aren't moving them from the inbox, use views to color them (automatic
> formatting), not rules. You only need one custom view and can have at least
> 25 automatic formatting rules in it.
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
> Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
> Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)
>
> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
> Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/
>
>
> "Tennis Smith" <tennis_sm***@yahoo-remove-to-reply.com> wrote in message
> news:1115392902.435875@sj-nntpcache-3...
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I sometimes get emails which have special standardized notifications in
> > them.  Any "special attention" areas are in a consistent format which will
> > also contain numbers that are normally 0.  If they aren't 0, then there is
> > some kind of problem. So, the number values can be from 0 to any value.
> > Is
> > there a way to "flag" these in a rule?  Ideally, I'd like to change the
> > message color of or priority based on the values seen.
> >
> > Below is partial output from one of the emails with example fields
> > high-lighted:
> >
> > Successes   : 10
> > Failures    : 0  <====
> > Aborted       : 0 <====
> > Never ran   : 0
> > Total         : 10
> > Requested   : 1 thru 26
> > Crashes       : 0 <====
> > Pauses        : 0
> > Reloads       : 0
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Tennis
> >
> > --
> > Remove "-remove-to-reply" to respond to my  email address directly.
> >
> >

> Hi Diane,
>
> Thanks for the reply.  The problem is that any of the numeric field values
> can be *anything*.  It can be 1 or 9999 or any integer in between.  So, it
> isn't very practical to build rules for every possible numeric value.
>
> Could this be done in VBA? Could I search for "Failures" followed by a
> number and then set fonts/colors based on that?
>
> TIA,
> -Tennis
>
> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <diane.poremsky+msn***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:diane.poremsky+msnews@gmail.com:
>
>> you'll need to create a series of individual rules to move  or flag
>> messages:
>>
>> 1) if message contains 'Failures    : 0' then do this...
>> 2) if message contains 'Failures    : 1' then do this...
>> etc - one per each condition you have. if there is a consistent text that
>> you can use as a master condition, you could have one rule:
>>
>> if message contains 'this phrase' and 'Failures    : 0' then do this...
>> else, do that.
>>
>> If you aren't moving them from the inbox, use views to color them
>> (automatic
>> formatting), not rules. You only need one custom view and can have at
>> least
>> 25 automatic formatting rules in it.
>>
>> --
>> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
>> Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
>> Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
>> Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)
>>
>> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
>> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
>> Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/
>>
>>
>> "Tennis Smith" <tennis_sm***@yahoo-remove-to-reply.com> wrote in message
>> news:1115392902.435875@sj-nntpcache-3...
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I sometimes get emails which have special standardized notifications in
>> > them.  Any "special attention" areas are in a consistent format which
>> > will
>> > also contain numbers that are normally 0.  If they aren't 0, then there
>> > is
>> > some kind of problem. So, the number values can be from 0 to any value.
>> > Is
>> > there a way to "flag" these in a rule?  Ideally, I'd like to change the
>> > message color of or priority based on the values seen.
>> >
>> > Below is partial output from one of the emails with example fields
>> > high-lighted:
>> >
>> > Successes   : 10
>> > Failures    : 0  <====
>> > Aborted       : 0 <====
>> > Never ran   : 0
>> > Total         : 10
>> > Requested   : 1 thru 26
>> > Crashes       : 0 <====
>> > Pauses        : 0
>> > Reloads       : 0
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > -Tennis
>> >
>> > --
>> > Remove "-remove-to-reply" to respond to my  email address directly.
>> >
>> >
>

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <diane.poremsky+msn***@gmail.com> wrote in
message news:diane.poremsky+msnews@gmail.com:

> Go to outlookcode.com and learn what is known about affecting views using
> VBA. Note that you have limited colors available regardless of how you do
> it.
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
> Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
> Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)
>
> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
> Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/
>
>
> "Tennis Smith" <tennis_sm***@yahoo-remove-to-reply.com> wrote in message
> news:1115461814.518883@sj-nntpcache-3...
>
> > Hi Diane,
> >
> > Thanks for the reply.  The problem is that any of the numeric field values
> > can be *anything*.  It can be 1 or 9999 or any integer in between.  So, it
> > isn't very practical to build rules for every possible numeric value.
> >
> > Could this be done in VBA? Could I search for "Failures" followed by a
> > number and then set fonts/colors based on that?
> >
> > TIA,
> > -Tennis
> >
> > "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <diane.poremsky+msn***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:diane.poremsky+msnews@gmail.com:
> >
>
> >> you'll need to create a series of individual rules to move  or flag
> >> messages:
> >>
> >> 1) if message contains 'Failures    : 0' then do this...
> >> 2) if message contains 'Failures    : 1' then do this...
> >> etc - one per each condition you have. if there is a consistent text that
> >> you can use as a master condition, you could have one rule:
> >>
> >> if message contains 'this phrase' and 'Failures    : 0' then do this...
> >> else, do that.
> >>
> >> If you aren't moving them from the inbox, use views to color them
> >> (automatic
> >> formatting), not rules. You only need one custom view and can have at
> >> least
> >> 25 automatic formatting rules in it.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> >> Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
> >> Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
> >> Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)
> >>
> >> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> >> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
> >> Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/
> >>
> >>
> >> "Tennis Smith" <tennis_sm***@yahoo-remove-to-reply.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1115392902.435875@sj-nntpcache-3...
> >>
>
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I sometimes get emails which have special standardized notifications in
> >> > them.  Any "special attention" areas are in a consistent format which
> >> > will
> >> > also contain numbers that are normally 0.  If they aren't 0, then there
> >> > is
> >> > some kind of problem. So, the number values can be from 0 to any value.
> >> > Is
> >> > there a way to "flag" these in a rule?  Ideally, I'd like to change the
> >> > message color of or priority based on the values seen.
> >> >
> >> > Below is partial output from one of the emails with example fields
> >> > high-lighted:
> >> >
> >> > Successes   : 10
> >> > Failures    : 0  <====
> >> > Aborted       : 0 <====
> >> > Never ran   : 0
> >> > Total         : 10
> >> > Requested   : 1 thru 26
> >> > Crashes       : 0 <====
> >> > Pauses        : 0
> >> > Reloads       : 0
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > -Tennis
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Remove "-remove-to-reply" to respond to my  email address directly.
> >> >
> >> >
>
> >