I have a whole bunch of rules [>150] I have created over the last few years and I tried to go through them to eliminate duplicates and correct those that aren't working correctly and add new ones. When I went back into rules I found that I cannot sort them in any way or export them to something I can use [like excel] as a way to print then and then be able to sort them and give me a chance to keep better track of them as well as work with them.

 

I have pretty much gone through Google and Microsoft Technet and all I am able to get is that the exported file is a rwz file and one is not really able to manipulate the info to be of any help.

Has anyone found a way around this? If it was 10 rules I can work with moving them around. At 150+ it gets a bit cumbersome. Does Microsoft have any plans to possibly look at this area?

The rules manager in Outlook is indeed a bit limited when you need to deal with that many rules. You might want to take a look at the Power Rules Manager add-in from Sperry Software; http://addins.howto-outlook.com/sperry_powerrulesmanager 
(if you decide to order, use BH93RF24 to get a discount)

Aside from being able to export and sort your rules, it also helps you with finding duplicate and broken rules.

Thanks Roady,

I've downloaded and I am going to install - if it helps at all I will be getting it.

Thanks Again,

Hi Ricardo,

Just checking in to see how is everything going on?

I'm marking the reply as answer as there has been no update for a couple of days. Please let us know if you would like further assistance.

You can manage your rules outside of Outlook by using Auto-Mate Add-in for Outlook. It has better capabilities for working with a large number of rules.

http://www.pergenex.com/auto-mate

How about making the Rules Management more useful than this child like 2003 useless dialog box?

I mean seriously, this is an expensive business application! This is ridiculous!

The whole point of upgrading is improvement in the product. All I see Office doing is moving the furniture around.

Outlook Express was more functional at times in Win 98 =)

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