Export/Import Message rules
Posted by admin on May 9th, 2007
I would like to export all my message rules (mainly, sorting messages to customized folders) from my XP laptop to my new Vista laptop. Does anyone know of a way to do that? I have read that exporting the Registry entry will not import correctly into Vista.TIA,Tom
May 11th, 2007 at 06:29 pm
Use Vista's Easy Transfer program. Worked for me.Gary VanderMolen "Tom Brown"
May 15th, 2007 at 09:34 pm
I didn't want to transfer everything in the computer. I did use Windows Easy Transfer for my email messages but I knew where they were stored. What should I tell it to transfer to get the Rules?Tom "Gary VanderMolen"
May 18th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
"Tom Brown" Actually I think it's going to be a lot easier to export/edit/import. There isn't the {USER_ID} to deal with.If you export the Rules key it would be something like:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{USER_ID}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0\Rulesfor XP.For Windows Vista Windows MailHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\RulesOpen the .reg file in WordPad Using WordPad's Find and Replace, you could replace:Identities\{USER_ID}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0withSoftware\Microsoft\Windows MailThen save it, then import that into the registry. I would export the current one first.
May 19th, 2007 at 02:38 pm
This works, but its a bit tedious, and you will still have to go in and Edit each rule to specify the folder names as those are coded as numbers and the numbers don't map to folders on the new machine, so you'll have to do that mapping:From an earlier post: First export the rule from the machine with OE:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0\Rules\Mail\002where GUID is the Identity and this is rule 3Then edit the reg file with Notepad.Do replace forHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0withHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows MailThen save the file.Then the search strings have been changed to Unicode so set the cursor where the Rule Criteria start. Then do a second replace until the end of the file and search for,replace with,00,Then in the last line of each criteria add,00Then save.Then create a mock rule in the registry with WinMail and close WinMail. Then delete that mock key in the registry. Make sure the rule number in the saved reg file matches that that you just deleted.Then merge the file into the registry.Open WinMail and go to Tools | Message rules and you see the new message rule spelled out okay when you click on it, except for the folder name. You will still have to specify the folder names again because those are coded numerically, I think.Anyway, that will work, but its a bit involved to do manually.steve"Tom Brown"
May 24th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Frankly, I found the settings in Easy Transfer to be rather confusing and I used a best guess method of selecting the options. I got lucky, and it transferred the emails, rules, and accounts. Sorry, I don't remember the exact settings.Gary VanderMolen "Tom Brown"