Rule Conditions and Outlook rules wizard

Question

Hi,

I'm trying to implement and test the various conditions that can be associated with a rule (i.e. the PidTagRuleCondition variations).

As shown in MS-OXCDATA, Section 2.13, there are twelve types of restriction. So far, I've managed to get Outlook 2007 to generate rules using
        RES_AND            = 0x0,
        RES_OR            = 0x1,
        RES_NOT            = 0x2,
        RES_CONTENT        = 0x3,
        RES_PROPERTY        = 0x4,
        RES_BITMASK        = 0x6,
        RES_EXIST        = 0x8,
        RES_COMMENT        = 0xA,

However I haven't managed to generate a rule using any of the following restriction types.
        RES_COMPAREPROPS    = 0x5,
        RES_SIZE        = 0x7,
        RES_SUBRESTRICTION    = 0x9,
        RES_COUNT        = 0xB

Does outlook rules wizard allow generation of those restriction types? If so, can I have a hint on how?

If not, is there some other way to generate these rules within Outlook or Exchange?

Answer 1

As a potentially related issue, I also haven't found a way to generate rules containing some of the ActionTypes (MS-OXORULE 2.2.5.1.1).

I can generate rules with:
 - OP_MOVE (0x01)
 - OP_COPY (0x02)
 - OP_REPLY (0x03)
 - OP_DEFER_ACTION (0x05)
 - OP_FORWARD (0x07)

I can't seem to generate rules that use
- OP_OOF_REPLY (0x04)
- OP_BOUNCE (0x06)
- OP_DELEGATE (0x08)
- OP_TAG (0x09)
- OP_DELETE (0x0A)
- OP_MARK_AS_READ (0x0B)

Suggestions for how to generate those would also be appreciated.

Brad

Answer 2

Hi Brad, thanks for your post regarding [MS-OXORULE]. One of my team members will be in contact with you soon.

Regards,
Bill Wesse

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Escalation Engineer

Answer 3

Sorry - that should have read '[MS-OCXDATA]' - and thanks for your input to those other posts.

Regards,
Bill Wesse

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Escalation Engineer

Answer 4

Brad,

I am the engineer who has taken ownership of your inquiry and will update you as things progress.

Dominic Salemno
Senior Support Escalation Engineer

Answer 5

Dominic,

Thanks for looking at this for me.

Brad

Answer 6

Brad,

I am still investigating your inquiry. I do not have any new information at this moment in time.

Dominic Salemno
Senior Support Escalation Engineer

Answer 7

Hi Dominic

I've managed to generate rules that use RES_SUBRESTRICTION and OP_TAG. I'm continuing to work on the others.

Brad

Answer 8

Brad,

 

These details are considered client implementation details and are out-of-scope of the documentation.

 

Dominic Michael Salemno

Senior Support Escalation Engineer
US-CSS DSC Protocols Team

Answer 9

This is a disappointing response. I think the part of the question about whether outlook can produce particular conditions and actions is a reasonable interoperability question.

I accept that it isn't going to get answered though.

Brad