"Full Stop" in Mail--Preferences--Rules?

I was going through my preferences and I saw this rule named "Full Stop"…but I don't know where it came from (I have another computer and it doesn't have it). I looked it up online but couldn't really find anything, which I thought was odd.
Can anyone tell where this comes from? I disabled it, but haven't deleted it yet. Thanks

I don't think I ever imported a mail account into this computer, or copied any preferences or directories relating to Mail into it (I added a laptop last year and I did synchronize the two machines but as I said the rule doesn't appear in the laptop).
It reads as follows:
Description: Full Stop
If 'any' of the following conditions are met:
'Every Message'
Perform the following actions:
'Stop evaluating rules'
That's it (not part of the rule

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Dual 2 Ghz G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

OK, I found the answer in a reply to another question. The pill-shaped buton in the upper right corner of the Junk Mail Preference pane retrieved the rest of the Preferences and I was able to check my SMTP Server settings, which were correct. My test messages also came through this morning, leading me to believe that my ISP had a problem on their end, which was subesequently corrected.
My habit has always been to close any Preferences window while in the "Show All" mode, so I didn't think to check that first.
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