The limit on rules is not imposed by Outlook but rather by the Exchange
Server, there is no work-around to this that I'm aware of, and I not sure
that Exchange Server 2007 will help as the reason for the memory limit is
that the total sum of the information that is contained in a user's rules
must fit in a remote procedure call (RPC).

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241325/en-us
"There is not enough space on the Microsoft Exchange Server to store all of
your rules" error message when you create or import a rule in Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/147298/en-us
Maximum number of rules per folder in the Inbox or in a public folder in
Exchange Server 2003, Exchange 2000, and Exchange Server 5.5

Hal
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"Mike24601" wrote in message
...
I have a user who receives the following message when trying to create a
new
rule in Outlook 2003:

"One or more rules could not be uploaded to exchange server and have been
deactivated"

The user is on an Exchange server. He has a LOT of rules, so I suspect
he's
bumping up against the known 32k rule limit. That said, aside from the
standard advise of consolidate/delete rules, how do we get around this?
The
user wants to create MANY more rules, so I need a good workaround.

Idea #1: Anyone know what the rule limit is in Outlook 2007?

Idea #2: It may help to know that the goal of the rules is to have all
mail
to/from named individuals go to designated folders. For example, for John
Smith, there are two rules - one puts all mail sent to him in the John
Smith
folder, and one puts all mail received from him in the John Smith folder.
If
someone has an effective solution to do that, that would be a passable
solution, too.

Thanks,

Michael