Mail won't use rules at all

I just updated to Leopard from Tiger on my office G5. I had many rules that regulated where incoming messages would go. Under Leopard, none of these rules works. Consequently, all new mail is thrown into the Spam folder under "ON MY MAC" This is NOT the behavior I expected from Mac software. If there is a workaround for this annoyance, I'd like to hear about it.

There have been some changes with file type extension handling for Snow Leopard. It now has a default program for any extension instead of checking the creator code as MacOS has always done in the past.
It should be possible for you to drag the pps file to your desktop, get info and choose which program you want to use to automatically open that file extension. Choose Open with.. and navigate to the program you want to use. Then click on the box to change all files with that extension to the program you chose. All files with a pps extension would then open with the program you've chosen to use.
You will still be able to open files with other programs by either launching the program and using the menu to open a file, or by dragging a file onto a compatible program's icon.
Hope this helps.

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