diff --git a/mailnews/base/search/resources/content/FilterListDialog.js b/mailnews/base/search/resources/content/FilterListDialog.js
index fde72c80ef35..2afc3624a409 100644
--- a/mailnews/base/search/resources/content/FilterListDialog.js
+++ b/mailnews/base/search/resources/content/FilterListDialog.js
@@ -263,16 +263,29 @@ function viewLog()
 function runSelectedFilters()
 {
   var folderURI = runFiltersFolderPicker.getAttribute("uri");
+  var resource = rdf.GetResource(folderURI);
+  var msgFolder = resource.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIMsgFolder);
+  var filterService = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/messenger/services/filters;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIMsgFilterService);
+  var filterList = filterService.getTempFilterList(msgFolder);
+  var folders = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/supports-array;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsISupportsArray);
+  folders.AppendElement(msgFolder);
 
+  // make sure the tmp filter list uses the real filter list log stream
+  filterList.logStream = currentFilterList().logStream;
+  filterList.loggingEnabled = currentFilterList().loggingEnabled;
   var sel = gFilterTree.view.selection;
   for (var i = 0; i < sel.getRangeCount(); i++) {
     var start = {}, end = {};
     sel.getRangeAt(i, start, end);
     for (var j = start.value; j <= end.value; j++) {
-      var filter = getFilter(j);
-      alert("run filter " + filter.filterName + " on " + folderURI);
+      var curFilter = getFilter(j);
+      if (curFilter)
+      {
+        filterList.insertFilterAt(start.value - j, curFilter);
+      }
     }
   }
+  filterService.applyFiltersToFolders(filterList, folders, gFilterListMsgWindow);
 }
 
 function moveCurrentFilter(motion)
diff --git a/mailnews/base/search/resources/locale/en-US/filter.properties b/mailnews/base/search/resources/locale/en-US/filter.properties
index e95dfb5a67b7..67ee9fbec981 100644
--- a/mailnews/base/search/resources/locale/en-US/filter.properties
+++ b/mailnews/base/search/resources/locale/en-US/filter.properties
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@ mustEnterName=You must give this filter a name.
 cannotHaveDuplicateFilterTitle=Duplicate Filter Name
 cannotHaveDuplicateFilterMessage=The filter name you entered already exists. Please enter a different filter name.
 deleteFilterConfirmation=Are you sure you want to delete this filter?
-folderNotFoundText=The mail filter %1$S cannot move messages to the %2$S folder, because the folder cannot be found.  Until you delete or fix the filter, messages which it matches will be left in your Inbox.
-folderNotFoundIgnoreButton=Ignore Filter
-folderNotFoundDeleteButton=Delete Filter
 untitledFilterName=untitled filter
 filterListBackUpMsg=Your filters do not work because the rules.dat file, which contains your filters, could not be read. A new rules.dat file will be created and a backup of the old file, called rulesbackup.dat, will be created in the same directory.
 customHeaderOverflow=You've exceeded the limit of 50 custom headers. Please remove one or more custom headers and try again.
 filterCustomHeaderOverflow=Your filters have exceeded the limit of 50 custom headers. Please edit the rules.dat file, which contains your filters, to use fewer custom headers.
 invalidCustomHeader=One of your filters uses a custom header that contains an invalid character, such as ':', a non-printable character, a non-ascii character, or an eight-bit ascii character. Please edit the rules.dat file, which contains your filters, to remove invalid characters from your custom headers.
+continueFilterExecution=Applying filter %S failed. Would you like to continue applying filters?
diff --git a/mailnews/base/search/src/nsMsgFilterService.cpp b/mailnews/base/search/src/nsMsgFilterService.cpp
index 3fc00ef900ef..53f2d989a5da 100644
--- a/mailnews/base/search/src/nsMsgFilterService.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/base/search/src/nsMsgFilterService.cpp
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ nsMsgFilterService::ThrowAlertMsg(const char*aMsgName, nsIMsgWindow *aMsgWindow)
 
 
 // this class holds the list of filters and folders, and applies them in turn, first iterating
-// over all the filters on one folder, and then advancing to the next folder and repeating. \
+// over all the filters on one folder, and then advancing to the next folder and repeating. 
 // For each filter,we take the filter criteria and create a search term list. Then, we execute the search.
 // We are a search listener so that we can build up the list of search hits. 
 // Then, when the search is done, we will apply the filter action(s) en-masse, so, for example, if the action is a move,