News Microsoft Outlook power users unable to send emails if they have more than 500 subfolders in their primary email account

[Admin]

Microsoft recently said it's working on an issue affecting Microsoft Outlook users who can't send emails, but most users won't be impacted — Microsoft determined that this bug only affects users with more than 500 shared folders in the primary mailbox.

Microsoft Outlook power users unable to send emails if they have more than 500 subfolders in their primary email account : Read more

 

[parkerthon]

As an Exchange admin myself, if you’re using 500+ folders, you’re using email both very inefficiently and abnormally. You are in the .00001% and likely the only reason Microsoft has bothered to support this is because of some very old school enterprise CEOs at banks or utilities or wherever else the ivory tower “I am a god amongst mere mortals” mentality not only still exists but is celebrated. Those people can’t be told no and likely complain to the CIO every day(or to their assistants that than complain to IT). Their money meant they had to designate limited back end developer resource to making this supported as opposed to a hundred thousand other things that could modernize email to be faster and more useful. People wonder why Microsoft is always stuck in the past while still making money hand over fist. This is a perfect example.

 

[Order 66]

I just don't understand why you need 500+ folders in the first place, and why that would cause you to not be able to send emails.

 

[drtweak]

I keep all my work emails organized, but I keep only 1 folder per company not 1 folder per person lol, and even if I did have 500+ folders i would never have them all expanded out at once. Imaging scrolling for like 5 minutes to find the folder you need.