Rules Limit of 32k

[Guest]

Just tried to add another rule in Outlook 2003, and got the error "One or
more rules could not be uploaded to Exchange server and have been
deactivated. This could be because some of the parameters are not supported
or there is insufficient space to store all of your rules."
I did a little digging and found out that there is a 32k limit to the size
of all rules. I have dozens of clients and need a rule to move mail from the
inbox to the client specific folder. Also have many other rules to move
messages to specific folders. The whole idea in using rules is to save time
by not having to manually move messages. I read the KB article
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;886616) about
workarounds, but there just is not enough there to make a significant
difference.
Does anyone know of a way to increase the size of the rules? Can any of the
MVPs tell me if this issue is going to be addressed, either by a patch or at
least in a future version of Outlook?
This is VERY frustrating!!!!!!!!!

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply Noel. It is hard to believe that there is a limit to
the size of the rules and that the designers just arbitrarily picked 32k. At
least this isn't as bad as the old PST file size limit!

I'm not aware of the Search folders functionality. While I poke around
looking for information on this, can you direct me to some information on
this topic?

Thanks again.