No tool exists for such import and identities are not supported in Windows
Mail, so the old method of exporting the key from the registry, then editing
the identity GUID in Notepad before merging into the new computer will not
work. The location for rules in Windows Mail is quite different from
earlier operating systems.
As a point of interest, I've never heard of anyone with anything approaching
1,000 rules so I'm curious - how much does having that many rules slow down
the receipt of mail? Plus I can think of 15-20 reasons why no one human
could keep that many rules straight and not have a later rule discarding
messages that do not have the "Stop processing more rules" line inserted.
As a point of interest, I've never heard of anyone with anything
approaching 1,000 rules so I'm curious - how much does having that
many rules slow down the receipt of mail? Plus I can think of 15-20
reasons why no one human could keep that many rules straight and not
have a later rule discarding messages that do not have the "Stop
processing more rules" line inserted.
I can't talk about 1000 rules, but I have over 130 rules, one for every mailing list, and there's no noticeable slow down, even on my old computer (200 MHz) where I keep a backup of my mail.
All rules move messages to other mailboxes, and indeed, they all have "Stop processing more rules" checked. I wonder what would happen if they wouldn't.
No tool exists for such import and identities are not supported in Windows
Mail, so the old method of exporting the key from the registry, then
editing the identity GUID in Notepad before merging into the new computer
will not work. The location for rules in Windows Mail is quite different
from earlier operating systems.
Well, in Vista the rules are located here in the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Rules
While in OE they were somewhere here:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
Express\5.0\Rules
The structure in the registry itself seems to have remained unchanged, so a
simple search and replace might do the trick, just changing a little bit
more than just the GUID. Of course, a backup is in order before trying
something with the registry!
1000 rules??
in OLEXP?
this just sounds like something looking for a place to break...
I am curious how did you manage to get that many working with out blowing
up?
Did you map them out before set up?
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