Vista - Windows Mail rules

Hi,

Does anybody know where are Windows Mail rules stored ? And if it is
possible to write a small script to build new ones ?
I read the online MSDN documentation but it seems that many APIs are
obsolete or deprecated.

Thanks for any pointer,

Fabrice Popineau

There's no information on programming them. The documentation is getting
smaller instead of larger.

The rules are stored in the registry under the Windows Mail registry key
(see www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#wm)

Specifically: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Rules

You can see from there that you could sort of add new ones, but the actions
cannot be changed.

steve

"Fabrice Popineau" <fabrice.popineau@supelec.fr> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Does anybody know where are Windows Mail rules stored ? And if it is
> possible to write a small script to build new ones ?
> I read the online MSDN documentation but it seems that many APIs are
> obsolete or deprecated.
>
> Thanks for any pointer,
>
> Fabrice Popineau

Just kidding. Couldn't help it. Sorry...

-Frank

"Fabrice Popineau" <fabrice.popineau@supelec.fr> wrote in message
news:49B36DCD-7EF2-4C1A-9DB3-5F0CFB8585B1@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> Does anybody know where are Windows Mail rules stored ? And if it is
> possible to write a small script to build new ones ?
> I read the online MSDN documentation but it seems that many APIs are
> obsolete or deprecated.
>
> Thanks for any pointer,
>
> Fabrice Popineau

"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> a écrit dans le message de
news:34255560-6791-4913-BB60-CE2E8B390E5C@microsoft.com...
> There's no information on programming them. The documentation is getting
> smaller instead of larger.
>
> The rules are stored in the registry under the Windows Mail registry key
> (see www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#wm)
>
> Specifically: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Rules

Thanks for the confirmation and for the tip.

I'm thinking of building my own addin to sort my email the way I like it
too, which is not easy with the rules as they are provided.

Is that this hard to install a plugin that will intercept messages when they
are put in the default inbox and that will dispatch them to various folders
automatically ? Or maybe do that by clicking on some new button ? I'm
currently experimenting.

My goals by order of necessity are :
- a text file specifying which message goes to what folder by regular
expressions on fields
- bayesian spam filtering with learning (2 buttons for this is/is not spam).
- build a database of message-ids to store duplicates in a separate folder
- restore threading whenever possible (ie by fuzzy filtering on subject for
example)

Fabrice Popineau