A rule can send mail to a folder like Deleted Items, but it can't *Add* it
to Blocked Senders.

At this point, you probably have a corrupt registry key for both Message
Rules, and Blocked Senders.


1.. In Regedit, navigate to this key:

|--HKEY_CURRENT_USER
|-----Identities
|--------{GUID}
|-----------Software
|--------------Microsoft
|-----------------Outlook Express
|--------------------5.0

where GUID is the Global Unique IDentifier for your Identity.

2.. Under that key, you will find the following sub-keys, among
others:

|-----------------------Block Senders
|-----------------------Rules
|-----------------------Signatures

Select the Block Senders Key and the Rules key and delete them. Blocked
Senders and Message Rules will be empty, but you can rebuild them now.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


"Fred" wrote in message
news:MxrIf.4571$lG.325@trndny01...
I have a problem with my Outlook Express 6 automatically putting an address
on
the blocked senders list. I discovered this because I wasn't receiving
emails from a friend and when I started looking for the reason, I
discovered
that their address had been added to the blocked senders list. I have
tried
to remove their address from the blocked senders list by highlighting it
and
clicking on the remove button. It will remove it at that time, but when I
go back into the list again it is right back in there. I can't keep it
off
the list. Also on the Create Mail Rule popup box, it makes a new rule
that
sends the address to the blocked senders list. I cannot eliminate this
rule. When I uncheck the boxes in the New Rule box it comes right back
again the next time I bring it up. I am using OE6 and XP SP2. Has
anyone had this problem or any
suggestions on how to stop this from happening? Any help would be
appreciated. Thanks