Displaying rules in Outlook 2007 in other than application order?

[Guest]

I would like to know how to do either one or both of the following in Outlook
2007:
1. display rules in other than the order-to-be-applied (such as in
alphabetical or
chronological order)

2. Find and eliminate rules which are not necessarily precise duplicates,
but are functionally equivalent, and so result in duplicate actions (such as
placing duplicate copies of messages in a given folder).

Several months ago in this forum I had been told that this feature would
appear in Outlook 2007, so I upgraded, but am disappointed not to be able to
find this potentially very useful feature! (I have a hundred or more rules.)

Ben

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

What is new in Outlook 2007 is the ability to enumerate all rules programmatically and to create, modify, or delete most (but not all) types of rules. In other words, if you're willing to write code, you can build your own interface to rules. You would, of course, have to define just what you mean by "functionally equivalent" as part of the code.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

 

[Roady [MVP]]

"Several months ago in this forum I had been told that this feature would
appear in Outlook 2007"
By who? You could have used a trial version first of course.

With a that many rules I would recommend to start from scratch with building
them and use additional sorting methods as well like Search Folders,
Categories and Custom Views. In most cases you should be able to organize
your mail with 10 rules or less. More rules usually lead to a too complex
mail storage structure to manage and work in efficiently.