Re: How do I delete many rules at once?

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Thanks, Allen. I was afraid there would be no easy solution.
Don


in article 2005072210513743658%allen@circleofacom, Allen Watson at
allen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 7/22/05 10:52 AM:

> On 2005-07-21 21:00:35 -0700, Don Newmeyer <don@xxxxxxxx> said:
>
>> I've somehow ended up with three copies of all my rules (maybe 30 or so?) I
>> think this happened when importing my old identity after reinstalling
>> Office.
>> The question is how to remove the extra rules. I can't see a way to select
>> more than one at a time, and each time I ask to remove it, a dialog box
>> comes up asking if I'm sure I want to do that. This is quickly becoming too
>> tedious. Any idea how to do this more quickly?
>>
>> Don
>>
> The mechanisms for dealing with rules, particularly in the area of
> exporting and importing, are woefully lacking. There's no way to delete
> many rules except one at a time (or delete the entire rules file and
> start over, your choice).
>
> You can at least disable them so they don't interfere, and delete a
> bunch every now and then until you've got it all cleaned up. Hey! 30
> rules is nothing; this happened to me with about 80 rules.

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