##Outlook Rules Export To Gmail##

• Simple tool to export rules from Outlook and import them into Google Gmail as filters
• Over 1500 downloads, Thank You!
• Tested on Win7 64bit, Win8 64bit & Outlook 2007, 2010 and 2013
• It also outputs rules in CSV to the command line so you can script it if you want
• http://bcleary.github.com/outlook-gmail-rules-export/

##Download##

• 0.0.2 - supports all rules listed below (Stable version)
• 0.0.1 - only supports from move-to-folder rules

##System Requirements##

• Office 2007 or later
• .Net 4.5 http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=30653

##Usage##

• Run the tool from the command line;
  • OutlookRulesExport.exe [email protected]
  • This will create a rules.xml file in the current directory containing the rules
  • You might get a warning from outlook asking you to allow access, if so click ok.
• Log into Gmail
• Enable gmail filters import in Gmail * Setting -> Labs enable "Filter import/export" and click save changes
• Backup your existing Gmail filters
  • Settings -> Filters -> "Select All" -> "Export"
• Import the rules as Gmail filters * Settings -> Filters click "Import Filters" and import rules.xml * Importing existing filters into gmail is handled gracefully, no duplicate filters should be created, but its always a good idea to backup your filters

##Supported Rule Types##

• The tool currently only works for the following types of rules (will add support for other types of rules as i need them or as requested)
  • Condition: "From Address" Actions: "Move-To-Folder | Copy-To-Folder"
  • Condition: "Subject Contains" Actions: "Move-To-Folder | Copy-To-Folder"
  • Condition: "Body Contains" Actions: "Move-To-Folder | Copy-To-Folder"

##Credits##

• This is a rewrite of the https://github.com/iloveitaly/outlook-gmail-rules-migration project from ruby and vb to c#
• Thanks to iloveitaly (Michael Bianco) https://github.com/iloveitaly for his work figuring out the various ways Outlook stores its rules https://github.com/iloveitaly/outlook-gmail-rules-migration