How do I prevent email rules from becoming unchecked on failure?

Is there any way to specify that an email rule should not be automatically
disabled upon (temporary) failure? Although not ideal, another option might
be to enable one or all email rules at start up?

Since Outlook does not provide the ability to put "Sent Items" on an IMAP
server (like every other IMAP client, including Outlook Express!?), I have
created an email rule to move sent emails to the "Sent Items" folder on the
IMAP after they are sent. This work around is ok, except if Outlook is ever
unable to connect to the email server while sending a messaeg for some
reason, the email rule becomes disabled (unchecked).

After that, all future sent emails are obviously not moved to the "Sent
Items" folder on the IMAP server. As far as I can tell, the only way to
enable the email rule again is to realize it has been disabled and manually
check it again. This is a problem because my clients often realize this
while they are at a remote computer, which does not have access to the email
rules. So, enabling this rule becomes confusing and a big hassle for them.

There is no way to enable rules on start.

not sure I understand the remote computer part - but if losing the
connection is often a problem, configure outlook to BCC the user and a use a
rule to move it to a folder for future reference.

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"Mitch Bechtel" Mitch wrote in message
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Is there any way to specify that an email rule should not be automatically
disabled upon (temporary) failure? Although not ideal, another option
might
be to enable one or all email rules at start up?

Since Outlook does not provide the ability to put "Sent Items" on an IMAP
server (like every other IMAP client, including Outlook Express!?), I have
created an email rule to move sent emails to the "Sent Items" folder on
the
IMAP after they are sent. This work around is ok, except if Outlook is
ever
unable to connect to the email server while sending a messaeg for some
reason, the email rule becomes disabled (unchecked).

After that, all future sent emails are obviously not moved to the "Sent
Items" folder on the IMAP server. As far as I can tell, the only way to
enable the email rule again is to realize it has been disabled and
manually
check it again. This is a problem because my clients often realize this
while they are at a remote computer, which does not have access to the
email
rules. So, enabling this rule becomes confusing and a big hassle for
them.