Can you run Rules from OWA?

I assume you mean run rules on incoming e-mails. Yes you can configure Rules from OWA. It can be done in 2003 an 2010 Exchange for sure, I am pretty sure you can do that in 2007. Go to options, you will see (depenting on your version) organize e-mail, then inbox and you can setup your rules.

Sorry...i may have been to vague...i want to run rule on existing mail. I understand how to setup rules for owa on incoming and outgoing. I am looking for the feature in Outlook where you can run rules on a specific directory or on all the mail.

What version of exchange do you have?

OMGOSH...forgot to put in these details...i must have been thinking it instead of doing it ....sorry.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Microsoft Outlook 2010

If you log into OWA you can click options and then see all options then you can create and enable rules in the Organize email

In that case you should be able to apply rules on OWA

Yes you can enable disable and create new rules in OWA with exchange 2010

i can and know how to enable/create/disable rules in OWA. I want to know if there is a way to run rules on existing mail as you can in Outlook. In Outlook if you go to Rules >> Manage Rules & Alerts >> Run Rules Now...

This is what i am aiming to do in owa. Run rules on existing mail...not on incoming or outgoing but on the mail that is already present. Hence "RUn Rules" not setup Rules or enable rules, but RUN rules. It is a specific command between Outlook & Exchange server. I want to know if that exists in OWA.

If this is still unclear please follow my instruction in Outlook to demonstrate what i am saying.

I don't think there is a way to run rules in OWA you can only run rules on new mail not exsisting.

That is what i suspected but wanted to know for sure.

did you find any KB saying so or is this your conclusion as well? (if you found a KB or tech article please post) Thank you!

http://help.outlook.com/en-us/140/bb899620.aspx

That article just describes how rules work...nothing about how OWA can't run rules by design...etc. I am looking for a definitive answer. I already came to my own conclusion that it did not appear to be viable. i am looking for an exchange expert to say here is a workaround or here is the tech article saying it can't be done by design, etc.

Sorry but my boss won't except, "i dont think it can" for an answer. He's a prick but what can i do.

You could always setup RPC over HTTPS and let him use outlook outside of the office

The other thing to keep in mind is if the rule is doing anything with a PST file it will only run on the client irregardless if you can run it on OWA or not.

@jplato: Yes, however this is not pragmatic if he is at a hotel or airport, etc.

@Auric1983: Yes, i understand the difference between clien-side and server-side rules.

@All: Maybe its my phrasing...!? I just need to know if there is a workaround in OWA that allows someone to "Run Rules" on their existing mail like you can in Outlook. If so, please state. If not, please include a tech article saying so. That's it!

I know my car can fly - but it isn't written in the manual and I have never seen it happen - but I have wasted lots of time trying to make it fly!

@alanhardisty: i will use that for sure! hahaha

great analogies :)

Sorry - sometimes my mind just goes off on a tangent!

You could try a DILBERT cartoon, they work well too :)

1st result from Google:

http://www.babelgum.com/3017050/dilbert-impossible-goal.html

Sorry about the trailer!

You guys are funny...im just laughing...its all good!