# Outlook 2010 Rules with two accounts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-2010-rules-with-two-accounts/620001>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 26, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-2010-rules-with-two-accounts/620001 "2012-04-26T12:09:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-2010-rules-with-two-accounts/620001/1 "2012-04-26T12:09:27Z")

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I use Outlook 2010 and have been using it as a POP/SMTP client for my vanilla email. Yesterday I configured it to also connect to my work email address on the Exchange Server. This is all fine but when I set up the Exchange account, it wiped out all my rules and replaced them with the rules I have set up on the server. These are two completely different accounts, so of course the rules are completely different. I am painstakingly recreating my other rules, but they are also, by default, loaded to the server.

I know that I can specify a rule is “client only”. But can I specify that a rule applies only to one particular account?

I have scoured sites for this but can’t find anything that applies to my situation. I find countless pages that discuss server vs. client-only rules but not anything about applying rules only to a specific account. I would be happy to be redirected to a site that would address this or a more specific Q&A forum where I could post a question.

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**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-2010-rules-with-two-accounts/620001/2 "2012-04-26T13:17:59Z")

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> [@CookingWithGas](#):
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> I use Outlook 2010 and have been using it as a POP/SMTP client for my vanilla email. Yesterday I configured it to also connect to my work email address on the Exchange Server. This is all fine but when I set up the Exchange account, it wiped out all my rules and replaced them with the rules I have set up on the server. These are two completely different accounts, so of course the rules are completely different. I am painstakingly recreating my other rules, but they are also, by default, loaded to the server.
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> I know that I can specify a rule is “client only”. But can I specify that a rule applies only to one particular account?
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> I have scoured sites for this but can’t find anything that applies to my situation. I find countless pages that discuss server vs. client-only rules but not anything about applying rules only to a specific account. I would be happy to be redirected to a site that would address this or a more specific Q&A forum where I could post a question.

On the “What conditions do you want to check?” page is the option “through the specified account”.

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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-2010-rules-with-two-accounts/620001/3 "2012-04-26T18:48:21Z")

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That seems to do the trick! Thank you.