{"id":5840,"date":"2015-12-15T14:09:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T13:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.b.shuttle.de\/hayek\/hayek\/jochen\/wp\/blog-en\/?p=5840"},"modified":"2023-02-23T15:47:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T14:47:54","slug":"exporting-outlook-e-mail-message-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.jochen.hayek.name\/blog-en\/2015\/12\/15\/exporting-outlook-e-mail-message-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"exporting Outlook e-mail message rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Email_filtering\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Email_filtering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sieve_(mail_filtering_language)\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sieve_(mail_filtering_language)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Procmail\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Procmail<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/superuser.com\/questions\/92197\/export-outlook-2003-rules-to-text\">http:\/\/superuser.com\/questions\/92197\/export-outlook-2003-rules-to-text<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slipstick.com\/outlook\/rules\/create-list-rules\/\">http:\/\/www.slipstick.com\/outlook\/rules\/create-list-rules\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sperrysoftware.com\/Outlook\/power-rules-manager.asp\">http:\/\/www.sperrysoftware.com\/Outlook\/power-rules-manager.asp<\/a> !!! \u2013 for Windows only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sperrysoftware.com\/Email-Tools\/product\/power-rules-manager\/\">http:\/\/www.sperrysoftware.com\/Email-Tools\/product\/power-rules-manager\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msoutlook.info\/question\/managing-a-large-amount-of-message-rules\">https:\/\/www.msoutlook.info\/question\/managing-a-large-amount-of-message-rules<\/a> (has a discount code for &#8220;Power Rules Manager&#8221; by Sperry Software)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I dived into the world of e-mail filtering&nbsp;many years ago, I thought it should be done using <em>sieve<\/em>, but <em>sieve<\/em> wasn&#8217;t available, where I needed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I started using <em>procmail<\/em>, because it was available, where I most needed e-mail filtering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also started a project writing rules in Python accessing IMAP servers. That approach works, but the software runs on the client side &#8212; whereas you rather want e-mail filtering to run on the server side, triggered by incoming messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Windows world and rather in the Microsoft Outlook\/Exchange universe none of them is suitable. To be honest with you: my Python software also copes with Exchange servers offering IMAP access, but you usually want to avoid persuading your Exchange admin into activating Exchange&#8217;s IMAP interface &#8212; you look suspicious or even criminal, if you ask for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now how to properly organise your Outlook rules?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once in a while I search the web for &#8220;<em>outlook rules export dump<\/em>&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today I came across some&nbsp;thread on Superuser.com, and it led me to&nbsp;Sperry Software&#8217;s &#8220;<em>Power Rules Manager<\/em>&#8220;. I rather seems to be a nice tool. It is not free software, but it is not expensive, and it seems worth the USD 40 they want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You are able to export the rules to some XML format &#8212; the XML looks a little fat, but that&#8217;s not too bad. I am going to indent and tidy my current export file, then I will add some comments shedding some light on my rules organisation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can also pretty-print the rules into various document formats. For the time being I don&#8217;t really want to do that.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I dived into the world of e-mail filtering&nbsp;many years ago, I thought it should be done using sieve, but sieve wasn&#8217;t available, where I needed it. I started using procmail, because it was available, where I most needed e-mail filtering. I also started a project writing rules in Python accessing IMAP servers. 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