Sorting Rules

[CJM]

I'm using Outlook 2003 and I use many rules. Whenever I create a rule I
like to keep them in alphabetical order in the event I have to make change
to it. That way the rule is easy to find. My problem is that when I create
a rule I have to manually place it in alphabetical order and that can be a
little time consuming especially if the rule name begins with the letter "Z"
for instance.
So I am wondering if anyone knows a way for Outlook 2003 to sort the rules
in alphabetical order sans doing it manually. It would save a lot of time.
Thanks.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

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After furious head scratching, CJM asked:

| I'm using Outlook 2003 and I use many rules. Whenever I create a
| rule I like to keep them in alphabetical order in the event I have to
| make change to it. That way the rule is easy to find. My problem is
| that when I create a rule I have to manually place it in alphabetical
| order and that can be a little time consuming especially if the rule
| name begins with the letter "Z" for instance.
| So I am wondering if anyone knows a way for Outlook 2003 to sort the
| rules in alphabetical order sans doing it manually. It would save a
| lot of time. Thanks.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm using Outlook 2003 and I use many rules. Whenever I create a
rule I like to keep them in alphabetical order in the event I have to
make change to it.

Considering that rules execute in a top-down order, that can have unwanted
side effects. Rules should be losted in the order in which they need to
execute. If the rules are all mutually exclusive, however, and you include
the "stop processing more rules" action on each, then it doesn't matter.