Migrate message rules from OE to Outlook 2007

[E-Double]

Is there some workaround or third party utility that would migrate OE message
rules into Outlook 2007 ? TIA ...

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

I'm not aware of any such utilities.

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[E-Double]

Is there some way to migrate OE to Outlook 2003 on one machine, and then
upgrade that version of Outlook on that machine to 2007 in order to migrate
the message rules? One would think that there would be some migration path
for this since the migration is from a common Microsoft product to another
common Microsoft product.

Can't Microsoft build a utility to do this ?

e.

I'm not aware of any such utilities.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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Is there some workaround or third party utility that would migrate OE
message
rules into Outlook 2007 ? TIA ...

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Is there some way to migrate OE to Outlook 2003 on one machine, and then
upgrade that version of Outlook on that machine to 2007 in order to
migrate
the message rules? One would think that there would be some migration
path
for this since the migration is from a common Microsoft product to another
common Microsoft product.

In Outlook 2003, click File>Import and Export>Import Internet Mail and
Addresses. Select Outlook Express, uncheck "Import Mail" and "Import
Address Book" and leav "Import Rules" checked. FInish the wizard. Now, in
Outlook, Click Tools>Rules and Alerts and export the rules to an RWZ file.
Import that file into Outlook 2007.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

If OE can export rules to Outlook, then yes, you can export to Outlook. If
Microsoft were going to build a utility, they would have long ago.

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Is there some way to migrate OE to Outlook 2003 on one machine, and then
upgrade that version of Outlook on that machine to 2007 in order to
migrate
the message rules? One would think that there would be some migration
path
for this since the migration is from a common Microsoft product to another
common Microsoft product.

Can't Microsoft build a utility to do this ?

e.

I'm not aware of any such utilities.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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Is there some workaround or third party utility that would migrate OE
message
rules into Outlook 2007 ? TIA ...

 

[E-Double]

Perfect, thanks.

e.

In Outlook 2003, click File>Import and Export>Import Internet Mail and
Addresses. Select Outlook Express, uncheck "Import Mail" and "Import
Address Book" and leav "Import Rules" checked. FInish the wizard. Now, in
Outlook, Click Tools>Rules and Alerts and export the rules to an RWZ file.
Import that file into Outlook 2007.

 

[E-Double]

You wrote: "If Microsoft were going to build a utility, they would have long
ago. "

While they may not intend to build such a utility, my main point was that
they should have provided one.

e.

If OE can export rules to Outlook, then yes, you can export to Outlook. If
Microsoft were going to build a utility, they would have long ago.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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Is there some way to migrate OE to Outlook 2003 on one machine, and then
upgrade that version of Outlook on that machine to 2007 in order to
migrate
the message rules? One would think that there would be some migration
path
for this since the migration is from a common Microsoft product to another
common Microsoft product.

Can't Microsoft build a utility to do this ?

e.

I'm not aware of any such utilities.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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Is there some workaround or third party utility that would migrate OE
message
rules into Outlook 2007 ? TIA ...

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

You wrote: "If Microsoft were going to build a utility, they would have
long
ago. "

While they may not intend to build such a utility, my main point was that
they should have provided one.

I find it very odd that between Outlook 2003 and 2007 Microsoft removed the
ability to import Outlook Express rules.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

They apparently did include one such utility in previous versions but
removed it from Outlook 2007 because it was buggy or incompatible with the
new rule structure (I think it changed the most with 2003 though) and
generated a lot of support calls. (They don't remove features without a
valid reason.)

--
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You wrote: "If Microsoft were going to build a utility, they would have
long
ago. "

While they may not intend to build such a utility, my main point was that
they should have provided one.

e.

If OE can export rules to Outlook, then yes, you can export to Outlook.
If
Microsoft were going to build a utility, they would have long ago.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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Is there some way to migrate OE to Outlook 2003 on one machine, and
then
upgrade that version of Outlook on that machine to 2007 in order to
migrate
the message rules? One would think that there would be some migration
path
for this since the migration is from a common Microsoft product to
another
common Microsoft product.

Can't Microsoft build a utility to do this ?

e.



:

I'm not aware of any such utilities.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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Is there some workaround or third party utility that would migrate
OE
message
rules into Outlook 2007 ? TIA ...