Transfering mail rules from Lion to Yosemite.

Help please, how do you transfer mail rules from Apple Mail 5.3 in Lion to 8.0 in Yosemite.  Thanks

The file in question that you are looking for is SyncedRules.plist in the MailData folder.  I tried re-naming a MessageRules.plist file and it didn't work.  It would be an arduous task, but the best suggestion that I have, other than to re-create your rules, is to use a texteditor like SubEthaEdit to make the format of MessageRules comply with the format of SyncedRules.plist.  I haven't tried it myself, but it might work.  Best of luck!!!

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