Entourage Rules

  • Thread starter Bridgett N. Whitmore
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Bridgett N. Whitmore

I have set up a number of rules in Entourage on my macbook, but would like
those same rules to be ³synced² with Entourage on my Imac. Is there an easy
way to copy or sync those rules?
 
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celliot9999

I have set up a number of rules in Entourage on my macbook, but would like
those same rules to be ³synced² with Entourage on my Imac. Is there an easy
way to copy or sync those rules?
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I have copied (not synched) my very large Rules file by: Go into
documents, Microsoft User Data, Office 2004 Identities, [choose the
identity you are using], copy 'Rules', to a medium (e.g. memory stick)
to transport over to the same path on your iMac, remembering to change
the name of your old existing Rules on the iMac first, before putting
the new Rules in. Then restart Entourage on iMac. If it doesn't work,
you still have your old Rules, just get rid of the copied in one and
rename the old one back to 'Rules'. Longwinded isn't it! Chris in UK.
 
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Diane Ross

celliot9999 said:
I have copied (not synched) my very large Rules file by: Go into
documents, Microsoft User Data, Office 2004 Identities, [choose the
identity you are using], copy 'Rules', to a medium (e.g. memory stick)
to transport over to the same path on your iMac, remembering to change
the name of your old existing Rules on the iMac first, before putting
the new Rules in. Then restart Entourage on iMac. If it doesn't work,
you still have your old Rules, just get rid of the copied in one and
rename the old one back to 'Rules'. Longwinded isn't it! Chris in UK.
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One problem with this is the folder ID. Unless both computers are exactly
the same, you'll have to reset your rules for folder destinations.

FWIW, the Rules file can be copied from one version to another. Sigs also.
Since data has to be upgraded this one tip is a good one for moving to a new
version or Identity.

Now...may I suggest you consider an IMAP account instead.

Share one account with multiple users and/or computers (The Entourage Help
Blog)
<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2009/01/share_one_account_with_multiple_user
s_andor_computers.html>

<http://tinyurl.com/9rpbdj>
 
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