Hello

Now, we are using a mail system called ZOHO and we will transfer to Office 365 in the future.

The ZOHO's mailbox filter can be exported like this:

name="it"
enabled="yes"
type="1"
action="Move to folder"
actionValue="mailbox://4159571000000008001@zohomail4159571000000008001/Inbox/it"
action="Stop Evaluation"
actionValue="yes"
condition=" OR (sender,is,it@aaa.com)"

Is there any way to convert a other mail system's mail filter file to outlook  2013 mail rule file(rwz) or import to outlook 2013? 

Thanks.

• Moved by Fei XueMicrosoft contingent staff Tuesday, May 12, 2015 3:16 AM

Hello Dave,

The Outlook object model doesn't provide anything for exporting/importing rules. But you can develop a VBA macro or add-in where you can parse the ZOHO's mailbox filter and create a rule in Outlook programmatically. For example, see How to: Create a Rule to Move Specific E-mails to a Folder. Also you may find the Managing Rules in the Outlook Object Model section in MSDN helpful.

Note, the forum is for developers. I'd suggest asking non-programming on the Outlook IT Pro Discussions forum instead. You may find the Import/Export rules page which explains how to get the job done manually.

Hi,

The rule file that can be exported/imported for Outlook is ".rwz" as you may have known.

In your scenario, I have to say I'm not familiar with your mail system, if it can't generate the rule/filter as a .rwz file, I don't have much to suggest so far.

I can't guarantee this, but maybe you can check if your mail system can export the rule/filter as a file, then try to find some tools which can convert the file to .rwz, which can be imported to Outlook.

I think Eugene Astafiev's suggestions should be helpful to you as well.

Regards,

Melon Chen
TechNet Community Su