Ive been having the same problem with Office 2007: the rules in the PST file
dissappear when the PST file is copied to another computer and opened the
the most important rule is the rule to move messages from IMAP to my inbox.
Does anyone know of a way to transfer these rules automatically? I sync my
outlook.pst file between my desktop and laptop, and need to keep this rule
active on both!
Thanks!

"Sam in Tyler" wrote:

I recently installed Office 2003. I imported my old pst file into the new
computer install of office/outlook. My rules did not comeover with the
import.

How do I move the rules...

thanks

I have read through this material with interest because I have the same
problem, and still do not see the solution here.
I have just done a clean install of Windows 7 (ugh!) and reinstalled my copy
of Office 2007 from scratch. I "told" Outlook where to look for the pst file
and all mymessages appeared but No Rules and Alerts.
The simple question is "What do I do now?" :-)

"Erle" wrote:

Ive been having the same problem with Office 2007: the rules in the PST file
dissappear when the PST file is copied to another computer and opened the
the most important rule is the rule to move messages from IMAP to my inbox.
Does anyone know of a way to transfer these rules automatically? I sync my
outlook.pst file between my desktop and laptop, and need to keep this rule
active on both!
Thanks!

"Sam in Tyler" wrote:

I recently installed Office 2003. I imported my old pst file into the new
computer install of office/outlook. My rules did not comeover with the
import.

How do I move the rules...

thanks

For the old rules to be available, the .pst file must be the default store
(= data file) for the profile, the one whose Inbox gets all the new
messages. You can change the default in the File | Data File Management
dialog. After you do that, you'll need to restart Outlook.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"Barrie" wrote in message
...
I have read through this material with interest because I have the same
problem, and still do not see the solution here.
I have just done a clean install of Windows 7 (ugh!) and reinstalled my
copy
of Office 2007 from scratch. I "told" Outlook where to look for the pst
file
and all mymessages appeared but No Rules and Alerts.
The simple question is "What do I do now?" :-)

"Erle" wrote:

Ive been having the same problem with Office 2007: the rules in the PST
file
dissappear when the PST file is copied to another computer and opened
the
the most important rule is the rule to move messages from IMAP to my
inbox.
Does anyone know of a way to transfer these rules automatically? I sync
my
outlook.pst file between my desktop and laptop, and need to keep this
rule
active on both!
Thanks!

"Sam in Tyler" wrote:

I recently installed Office 2003. I imported my old pst file into the
new
computer install of office/outlook. My rules did not comeover with the
import.

How do I move the rules...

thanks