Re: Rules, part 3

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Brian Tillman wrote:

> And more fraught with "that's not what I meant it to do."

Not really. Obviously you'd want the ability to either turn it off, make it
less automatic or simply hit ESCape to dismiss the infered rule.

What I suggested was that this rule-by-drag-and-drop function monitor some
parameter for a trigger. Then, and only then, it would fire. You could
specify that if you drag the same name or domain to a folder three times in
a day/week/month/whatever you want to be asked if a rule should be infered.

It can be made very intelligent an non-intrusive. If MS writes it you can
be assured that it will be just about as annoying and intrusive as humanly
possible.

>> I'll take it one step further. Since MS --and I couldn't, to save my
>> life, figure out why-- seems to refuse to provide easy
>> backup/restore/copy/move functionality for rules, you may have to
>> rebuild your rules when you move or update machines.
>
> I always found Rule Wizard's import and export fulfills that function
> quite well.

It doesn't work. Try moving 100 rules back and forth between a notebook and
desktop before and after a trip. Also, try doing this over the years and as
you migrate from one Outlook version to another. I started with '97, if I
remember correctly.

There are warts, like the, "on this machine only" problem, that require
either lots of manual editing or new rule creation to fix. Also, for some
strange reason, some of the rules fail to recognize folders within the store
and simply claim that the folder in question does not exist. This, when the
outlook message store file is a simple copy of the file from the desktop.
Exactly the same file. In other instances the rules simply turn themselves
off.

In general, I have not found a reliable means of maintaining my environment
exactly as it is on my desktop when I travel. For example, 2003 has no
ability to import and export email accounts. Instead it has a new --and
condescending-- interface for account management.

I suppose switching to Exchange might handle this, but, frankly, I'm pretty
tired of shoveling money into Microsoft's bank account for crappy software.

-Martin




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