Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 supports Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 lists. You can synchronize the SharePoint list as a folder in Outlook 2007 for offline use. This article describes how rules are applied to these SharePoint lists.

The only way to run rules on a SharePoint list is to run the rules manually. To do this, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, click Rules and Alerts.
2. Click Run Rules Now.
3. Click to select the rules that you want to use.
4. Click Browse, select the SharePoint List folder, and then click OK.
5. Click Run Now.

Rules are not enabled when new items are synchronized to the folder from a SharePoint list.