Outlook/Exchange rules

[Chris Boget]

I've upgraded from OfficeXP to Office2003. I had a large
number of rules I used in OutlookXP that were working w/o
problem. After I upgraded and used Outlook2003, when I
go into the rules dialogue, look at or make changes then click
"Ok" or "Apply", I get the following 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 just checked with my sysadmin and I have more than enough
space available to me. I don't understand why these rules are
causing errors while other rules are not; all of my rules look
essentially the same:

"Apply this rule after the message arrives
from (e-mail address removed)
move it to the UserName folder
and stop processing more rules"

Every single rule has the above structure. So what's going on?
Why is Outlook2003 giving me these headaches for rules that
OutlookXP had no problems with? I even tried deleting the old
rules and adding them back in. That didn't work, either.

If anyone has any ideas or suggestions, I'd be very happy to hear
them!

thnx,
Christoph

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

There is a hard-coded limit of 32k for Exchange server rules storage. It's
the same for all clients, regardless of version, and can't be modified,
unfortunately. Try simplifying your rules or deleting a few. I imagine that
something changes in the rules settings size with OL2003 if they're the same
ones you were using successfully in OLXP.