Maximum number of Rules for mails

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Martin Cote

Hi,
We have a user here that have a lot of rules activated
in the Rules Wizard. When he try to add a new rule, he
get an error saying that the rule cannot be created and
that Outlook might not handle more rules. Is it possible
to know the maximum of rules allowed to be activated in
Outlook XP (2002)?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Best Regards
Martin
 
If you use Exchange server, you are limited to 32k of server-side rules -
this is not configurable. Simplify the rules or get rid of some.
 
Martin Cote said:
Hi,
We have a user here that have a lot of rules activated
in the Rules Wizard. When he try to add a new rule, he
get an error saying that the rule cannot be created and
that Outlook might not handle more rules. Is it possible
to know the maximum of rules allowed to be activated in
Outlook XP (2002)?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Best Regards
Martin
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I have wondered about that myself. My cable vendor allows only 20
rules. I am told Outlook has limits on the size of each rule, the size
of all rules, and perhaps, the total number of rules. It would be
helpful to have definitive information on this.
 
exchange server has a limit of 32 kb. to create more, the user will need to use
a 3rd party addin like exlife or inbox rules, both from ornic.com


Martin said:
Hi,
We have a user here that have a lot of rules activated
in the Rules Wizard. When he try to add a new rule, he
get an error saying that the rule cannot be created and
that Outlook might not handle more rules. Is it possible
to know the maximum of rules allowed to be activated in
Outlook XP (2002)?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Best Regards
Martin
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I appreciate the idea, a great idea, but I find the link does not work for
me.

Are you possibly a Super-Nova MSDN Member ??

I would generously thank you if you sent the page(s) to me.

-Ric


Chris Jarrett said:
For anyone who searches and finds this there is also a script you can use
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in VBA that will mimic inbox rules. You can find the instructions on how to
setup the code here and has a sample script:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnovba01/html/RulesWizard.sp?frame=true
As a note this line of code needs to be changed for the script to function:
---------Code-------------
For Each f1 In myNS.Folders
----------------------------
to
---------------Code-------------
For Each f1 In myInbox.Folders
--------------------------------
As it needs to reference the Inbox folders and not the Namespace.


Also, when I tested the code it was found that it broke read receipts in
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that they will only send back a "deleted without reading" response.
 
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