"Steve Cochran" <scoch...@oehelp.com> wrote in message

> As I indicated a ffew months ago, the actual rule is now a Unicode string
> and it wasn't before.  So one has to modify that.

> Here's what I posted on December 12th:

> <quote>
> Okay there are actually 4 issues, but I figured out two of them.

> This is for a single rule at the moment.  I'll try and program it so it
> doesn't have to be done rule by rule.

> First export the rule from the machine with OE:

> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
> Express\5.0\Rules\Mail\002

> where GUID is the Identity and this is rule 3

> Then edit the reg file with Notepad.

> Do replace for

> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0

> with

> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail

> Then 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

> ,00

> Then 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.

> </quote>

> "Jerry S" <notdisclo...@nada.tld> wrote in message
> news:O9LB0ZkWHHA.1688@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> That's odd, because in practice it works exactly as described.  If you're
>> referring to the location that the rules are stored, that's covered in
>> steps
>> 3d - 3f.  If you're referring to the pointers within the rules that
>> reference the objects within the OE data stores, that is covered in step
>> 5.