organiz using color OL 2002

[Don]

I'm getting this message "(you cannot add another color
rule because you have exceeded the maximum number of rules
for this folder)" when trying to organize inbox using
colors in out look 2002. I can not find any referance on
this anywhere. Can anybody help?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

How many automatic formatting rules do you have? Is the Inbox in a Personal
Folder .pst file or an Exchange mailbox?

 

[Don]

The inbox is not in a .pst it is under the mail box and
there are about 30 rules. Also I can't find where
automatic formatting rules are stored it does not create
a .rwz

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Automatic formatting rules are part of the custom view definitions, which
are stored as hidden items in the mailbox. They are not related to Rules
Wizard rules in any way.

My guess is that you have run up against an undocumented but hard limit on
the size of a view definition item, similar to the size limits on rules and
distribution lists. Simplifying your automatic formatting rules may make it
possible to create a few more, but I suspect that it's not possible to
create a view definition item larger than 32k. If you have a copy of Outlook
Spy or mdbvu32.exe, we can walk through the process of locating the view
definition and checking its PR_MESSAGE_SIZE property to confirm that.