Rules in Outlook can be used for a number of different things. For example, you can create a rule that will keep all email messages from unknown senders out of your inbox and place them in a separate folder instead. If you create several different rules to keep your inbox organized, you may want to create a backup copy of those rules. To create a backup of rules in Outlook 2007:

1. Open Outlook 2007.
2. From the Tools menu, click Rules and Alerts.
3. If you have more than one e-mail account, in the Apply changes to this folder list, select the Inbox that you want.
4. Click Options.
5. Click Export Rules.
6. In the File name box, type the path and file name for the set of rules that you want to export.
7. Click Save.