"Groups" for Rules? (ms outlook 03)

[hubieb]

I have a billion Rules in outlook 03. It is nearly impossible to organize them, or keep them in the order I want. This is really pissing me off....

Is there some way I can 'group' Rules into little sub-sections? How about an easier way to move rules around other than the up arrow and down arrow?

ugh. I love rules. But I hate getting them to do what I want simply because of these issues...

Thanks for any help,
Hubes

 

[hubieb]

bump...

this seems like simple yes or no issue...

anyone know the answer?

 

[58sniper]

No

Pat Richard, MCSE MCSA:Messaging CNA
Microsoft Exchange MVP
Want to know how email works? Read for yourself -

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt

 

[hubieb]

How do you guy sorganize your rules/ i'm sure someone must have as many rules as me. How to keep them in order???

 

[smah]

Too many rules is a sign that they need to be reviewed and/or reorganized. Remember that the 'criteria' for mail rules works on the wildcard principal. Also, think very logically - sometimes it's easier to catch what you do want and discard everything else, sometimes it's best to work the other way.

 

[hubieb]

wildcard principal?

 

[58sniper]

I have an Exchange server. So I don't need rules. ~1500 messages a day - 0 rules. I do filter some items from getting to my Blackberry and my iPAQ, but that's configured in their respective software. Combined there's less than a dozen rules.

Pat Richard, MCSE MCSA:Messaging CNA
Microsoft Exchange MVP
Want to know how email works? Read for yourself -

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt

 

[hubieb]

wow...58sniper...how do you do it?

Also, how do you filter things from getting to your blackberry? nothing I hate more then getting junk (or just annoying mailing lists) forwarded to my PDA...

 

[smah]

Wildcard concept:

Move messages with @ in the From field to folder1

This should catch every message that's from a legitimate address.

 

[smah]

Here are some other rules references (I think some of them might not work anymore).

thread605-603289
thread605-588858
thread605-554303
thread605-357883
thread605-535781
thread605-536076
thread605-622815
thread605-635096