Problem using colors to organize inbox e-mail

Here's the problem: when I use colors to organize e-mail from certain senders
in the Inbox located in the Personal Folders, it doesn't won't save the
settings. I go to Tools/Organize/Using Colors and set it so that all e-mail
from a particular sender will be in a unique color. It colors all the e-mail
in the folder. But as soon as I navigate away from the Inbox folder, the Auto
Formatting rule disappears. It doesn't save any of the changes I make. I have
2 color rules which persist, but any new color rules I add are never saved.
What is with that? This problem only occurs with the Inbox in Personal
Folders. When I use colors in IMAP inboxes, there is no problem.

I am using Outlook 2007 and Vista. I have set up OL to folder sync with my
IMAP e-mail accounts. OL is not good with IMAP e-mail. OL cannot find e-mail
under the Activities of senders my Contacts unless the e-mail is in the Inbox
of the Personal Folders. Of course sync'ed e-mails for IMAP accounts have
their own folders and do not appear in the Personal Folders. So as a
workaround to enable me to find e-mails from individual contacts I set up a
Rule to copy incoming e-mail in the IMAP folder to the Personal Folder Inbox.

The rules are actually views, not true rules, so when the view is changed
the 'rules' are changed too. For best results, make a custom view and apply
the organizer colors to it, not the the default messages view.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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"smackboy1" wrote in message
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Here's the problem: when I use colors to organize e-mail from certain
senders
in the Inbox located in the Personal Folders, it doesn't won't save the
settings. I go to Tools/Organize/Using Colors and set it so that all
e-mail
from a particular sender will be in a unique color. It colors all the
e-mail
in the folder. But as soon as I navigate away from the Inbox folder, the
Auto
Formatting rule disappears. It doesn't save any of the changes I make. I
have
2 color rules which persist, but any new color rules I add are never
saved.
What is with that? This problem only occurs with the Inbox in Personal
Folders. When I use colors in IMAP inboxes, there is no problem.

I am using Outlook 2007 and Vista. I have set up OL to folder sync with my
IMAP e-mail accounts. OL is not good with IMAP e-mail. OL cannot find
e-mail
under the Activities of senders my Contacts unless the e-mail is in the
Inbox
of the Personal Folders. Of course sync'ed e-mails for IMAP accounts have
their own folders and do not appear in the Personal Folders. So as a
workaround to enable me to find e-mails from individual contacts I set up
a
Rule to copy incoming e-mail in the IMAP folder to the Personal Folder
Inbox.

Thanks for the help. That does not seem to be it. Creating a custom view
doesn't make any difference. The new "rules" which apply colors to additional
e-mail senders just disappear off the automatic formatting list after I
switch to another folder. There are 2 exisiting "rules" for coloring certain
senders. If I attempt to alter either one, it reverts back to the previous
setting as soon as I change folders. It's as if the settings for the view are
locked and cannot be changed.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

The rules are actually views, not true rules, so when the view is changed
the 'rules' are changed too. For best results, make a custom view and apply
the organizer colors to it, not the the default messages view.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

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"smackboy1" wrote in message
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Here's the problem: when I use colors to organize e-mail from certain
senders
in the Inbox located in the Personal Folders, it doesn't won't save the
settings. I go to Tools/Organize/Using Colors and set it so that all
e-mail
from a particular sender will be in a unique color. It colors all the
e-mail
in the folder. But as soon as I navigate away from the Inbox folder, the
Auto
Formatting rule disappears. It doesn't save any of the changes I make. I
have
2 color rules which persist, but any new color rules I add are never
saved.
What is with that? This problem only occurs with the Inbox in Personal
Folders. When I use colors in IMAP inboxes, there is no problem.

I am using Outlook 2007 and Vista. I have set up OL to folder sync with my
IMAP e-mail accounts. OL is not good with IMAP e-mail. OL cannot find
e-mail
under the Activities of senders my Contacts unless the e-mail is in the
Inbox
of the Personal Folders. Of course sync'ed e-mails for IMAP accounts have
their own folders and do not appear in the Personal Folders. So as a
workaround to enable me to find e-mails from individual contacts I set up
a
Rule to copy incoming e-mail in the IMAP folder to the Personal Folder
Inbox.