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zipswich
Jul 08, 2026Brass Contributor
How to restore rules for Outlook 2019
My PC had a crash. After I rebooted the PC, I had the following error that I could not get rid of by restarting Outlook: "There was an error reading the rules from the server. The format of the serv...
lyverasolen
Jul 09, 2026Iron Contributor
Pop account rules, are generally in the PST file whereas exchange accounts have their rules on the server. Since you ran outlook.exe /cleanrules, chances are the rules were removed. Unless your restore included a backup with the rules, you'll have to re-create them.