I have mail that is generally kept on an exchange server and I have a suite
of filtering rules. However, I also have a local PST file to avoid keeping to
much content on the server. Some of my rules describe moving mail to my local
PST file. None of those rules run automatically because the rules are kept on
the exchange server. So, each time I want to run them I must do so manually;
which is a tedious process since I have to check each little box for each
rule I want to run.

I would like to script this whole process. I'll admit that I have not looked
that hard, but unlike scripting other parts of Outlook I did not readily find
anything very useful to help me begin figuring out how to access and run the
rules.

Any help or pointers would be appreciated.

Thanks

Outlook rules cannot be invoked programmatically. Either continuing doing it manually or write VBA code to do what the rules do.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"David Simmons" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:BD802B2F-3519-4C41-ADD2-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have mail that is generally kept on an exchange server and I have a suite
> of filtering rules. However, I also have a local PST file to avoid keeping to
> much content on the server. Some of my rules describe moving mail to my local
> PST file. None of those rules run automatically because the rules are kept on
> the exchange server. So, each time I want to run them I must do so manually;
> which is a tedious process since I have to check each little box for each
> rule I want to run.
>
> I would like to script this whole process. I'll admit that I have not looked
> that hard, but unlike scripting other parts of Outlook I did not readily find
> anything very useful to help me begin figuring out how to access and run the
> rules.
>
> Any help or pointers would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks