# Search Message Rules in Win Live Mail

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-message-rules-in-win-live-mail/756841>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 8, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-message-rules-in-win-live-mail/756841 "2016-06-08T17:12:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-message-rules-in-win-live-mail/756841/1 "2016-06-08T17:12:32Z")

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I have tons of message rules set up and scrolling through them to check for duplicates is time consuming.

I’m wondering if there’s a way to search message rules I’ve setup so I don’t have duplicates - I’m thinking I would need to get into the file where they’re stored.

Or should I just not worry about it?

Do message rules appreciably affect performance or is it the kind of thing where Windows can check hundreds of rules in less than a second anyway so who cares?