Rules are invalid

[Ian]

There are many rules created to re-direct messages into different folders in
the pst file that is on a network drive. After a network problem, Outlook
cannot connect to it and then all the rules become red/invalid and all the
checkboxes are uncheck. After the network problem solved, the pst file back
to normail but all rules are still not working. Is there a way to make them
work without manually fix or re-create them?

Thanks.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Yes, keep the pst-files locally. This is one of the reasons that storing
pst-files on a network share isn't supported or recommended by Microsoft.
You can be happy that you didn't lose anything else or that your entire
pst-file had become corrupted.

 

[Ian]

can you tell me why the rules were changed? The reason to keep pst files on
network is to get them backed up every night in case of harddisk failure or
something.

Yes, keep the pst-files locally. This is one of the reasons that storing
pst-files on a network share isn't supported or recommended by Microsoft.
You can be happy that you didn't lose anything else or that your entire
pst-file had become corrupted.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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There are many rules created to re-direct messages into different folders
in
the pst file that is on a network drive. After a network problem, Outlook
cannot connect to it and then all the rules become red/invalid and all the
checkboxes are uncheck. After the network problem solved, the pst file
back
to normail but all rules are still not working. Is there a way to make
them
work without manually fix or re-create them?

Thanks.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

The rules get disabled since the pst-file wasn't available while the rules
were executed. Broken rules immidiately get disabled to prevent further
issues or loss of email.

Keep the pst-files local to your computer and use the Microsoft PST-Backup
Add-in to copy the pst-file to the network on a regular basis. Copy the
pst-file manually if you are not allowed to install the add-in.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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can you tell me why the rules were changed? The reason to keep pst files
on
network is to get them backed up every night in case of harddisk failure
or
something.

Yes, keep the pst-files locally. This is one of the reasons that storing
pst-files on a network share isn't supported or recommended by Microsoft.
You can be happy that you didn't lose anything else or that your entire
pst-file had become corrupted.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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There are many rules created to re-direct messages into different
folders
in
the pst file that is on a network drive. After a network problem,
Outlook
cannot connect to it and then all the rules become red/invalid and all
the
checkboxes are uncheck. After the network problem solved, the pst file
back
to normail but all rules are still not working. Is there a way to make
them
work without manually fix or re-create them?

Thanks.