175230 - Make message filters easier to import/export

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 166842

(MailNews Core :: Filters, enhancement)

Description

[Michael Billimoria]

Would it be possible for Mozilla to provide an easier way to import and export
message filter options? - 

e.g. A person who uses Mozilla at work and at home may want to make message
filters interchangeable between the 2 machines

In the message filters windows an import/export functionality would be available
and you could save your filters as an exportable file (or pickup rules.dat) and
then save it somewhere easy to get to (e.g. Windows users could put it in My
Documents or something).

Then you could simply transfer it to disk or mail it to yourself and then use
the import feature.

Note : It should, of course, not overwrite filters you already have, but just
add to them, and it probably should prompt you if you have filters of the same
name when you import.

Comment 1

[Jo Hermans]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 166842 ***

Comment 2

[laurel]

marking verified as a duplicate