I have about 35 rules created in OL2003. 2 of the rules will not activate
and when I try to apply them I get the following error:

One or more rules could not be updated to Exchange server and have been
deactivated. This could be because some of the parameters are not supported
and there is insufficient space to store all of your rules


Any ideas on what may be causing this? Is there truly a limit to the number
of rules Outlook can handle? If so, is there any way to work around it? The
rules wizard is really not effective if I can only have a finite number of
rules.

Thanks,

Jeff

Jeff,

There is not a limit to the <number> of rules, the limit is on the size of
the rules. The limit for all versions of Outlook is 32 KB. Unfortunately,
there's not a great way to determine the size of an individual rule. The
best thing to do is to try to consolidate "similar" rules so you have 1 rule
doing the work of what used to be 2 rules.

Hope this helps.

--
Greg Mansius [MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Jeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have about 35 rules created in OL2003. 2 of the rules will not activate
> and when I try to apply them I get the following error:
>
> One or more rules could not be updated to Exchange server and have been
> deactivated. This could be because some of the parameters are not
supported
> and there is insufficient space to store all of your rules
>
>
> Any ideas on what may be causing this? Is there truly a limit to the
number
> of rules Outlook can handle? If so, is there any way to work around it?
The
> rules wizard is really not effective if I can only have a finite number of
> rules.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
>
>

That helps. . .I actually found a KB article that documents the size limit.

Is this a limitation in Outlook or a feature or a requirement? Is the size
limit ever going to be increased?

Thanks,

Jeff

"greg mansius [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Jeff,
>
> There is not a limit to the <number> of rules, the limit is on the size of
> the rules. The limit for all versions of Outlook is 32 KB. Unfortunately,
> there's not a great way to determine the size of an individual rule. The
> best thing to do is to try to consolidate "similar" rules so you have 1
rule
> doing the work of what used to be 2 rules.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> --
> Greg Mansius [MSFT]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
> "Jeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:ugb7R%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have about 35 rules created in OL2003. 2 of the rules will not
activate
> > and when I try to apply them I get the following error:
> >
> > One or more rules could not be updated to Exchange server and have been
> > deactivated. This could be because some of the parameters are not
> supported
> > and there is insufficient space to store all of your rules
> >
> >
> > Any ideas on what may be causing this? Is there truly a limit to the
> number
> > of rules Outlook can handle? If so, is there any way to work around it?
> The
> > rules wizard is really not effective if I can only have a finite number
of
> > rules.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
>
>