clear categories rule

[Guest]

Why is this rule recommended?

I have given all of my users a rule that specifies "if you receive a message
with a category of "miscellaneous" display Popup Message in the new item
alert window and mark it as "low importance. This rule no longer works
because of the new "clear categories" rule and because the default categories
from previous versions of Outlook no longer exist. I would rather not have
to ask 300 users to uncheck the "clear categories" rule and modify the other
rule to add a category that no longer exists. Is there any other way to do
this?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You can use Group Policies to modify the changed category behavior in
Outlook 2007.
For more on policies see;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/policies.htm

The behavior has changed because in Outlook 2007 categories play a more
prominent role. Also because of the personalized nature of sorting your mail
by category, receiving mails with exotic categories could mess up your
sorting methods. The newly introduced rule will steer clear from that.

 

[Guest]

I have the Office 2007 policies loaded. What policy governs this behavior?
I don't see anything related to categories.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

It's in the Miscellaneous section; Managing categories...