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Out Of Office Rule Error - System resources are critically low

Anonymous
2021-12-24T11:19:35+00:00

Hi All

I have contacted Microsoft support directly but they cannot help me. They told me to contact my IT department, but I don't have one.

I set a rule on the automatic replies back in November. When I tried to change it ready for the festive period I get the below error:

The Out Of Office Rules cannot be displayed. The client operation failed.

I have no choice but to click "ok"

Then I get

System resources are critically low. Close some windows.

I am able to change the out of office message for inside my organisation and outside my organisation. However, when setting it to on it sends the email that was set in the rule which states I will be back in the office on 16th November, which is obviously incorrect.

I have deleted office and readded

I have set up a new Outlook profile

I have made a different e-mail address the primary account

Nothing has worked.

The account was set up by our team in the USA and I have asked the admin to check and they cannot see any problems.

Can someone please help me? It's unprofessional to have an incorrect message sent to customers and clients and I need to fix it. IF this is something the admin needs to fix can you please give step by step instructions of what they need to do?

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-01-04T15:19:08+00:00

    Dann'y reply below work, try number 3

    I had the same issue too that started up in November / December. Just figured out the fix for it yesterday.

    I used method #3 from this web link and it worked. Hopefully it works for the rest of you as well...

    https://softwarekeep.com/help-center/how-to-fix-outlook-rules-not-working-in-windows-10

    An easy solution to your issue with Outlook rules could be simply deleting and remaking them again from scratch.

    1. Entirely exit out of Outlook.
      exit outlook through dialog box
    2. Press the Windows + R keys on your keyboard to bring up the Run utility. Type in “outlook.exe /cleanrules” and press the Ctrl + Shift + Enter keys on your keyboard.
      • Warning! If more than 1 account is connected to Outlook, this method will delete the rules on those accounts as well.
    3. Outlook will launch with all of the rules deleted. Now, you can remake them and use our optimization tips to create rules again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-01-04T15:18:00+00:00

    Danny THANK YOU SO MUCH!! It worked!! Thank you thank you thank you :-)

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-12-30T15:55:20+00:00

    Hi, I am receiving the same error along with 2 other people in my immediate department. We receive the 1st message below if we click on Rules for our automatic replies. Once we click okay, we receive the 2nd message. Since we are unable to edit our already made templates in the rules, every time we use our out-of-office replies, the last used template is sent with no way of turning it off.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-12-30T16:11:57+00:00

    Hi Katherine,

    I have never received the server is busy error only the ones mentioned.

    I have asked my admin to turn it on and off for me and it made no difference.

    I can an out of office on both the outlook app and using a web browser but it's the rule that was set in November that I am unable to edit. It's unprofessional to send an out of office in December that states I will be returning in November.

    Version of outlook: Microsoft® Outlook® for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2111 Build 16.0.14701.20240) 32-bit

    Are the rules stored somewhere on my pc that i can locate??

    thanks

    Stacey

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