OL2001: Error Message: You Cannot Select Any Names Now (288470)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2001 for Mac

This article was previously published under Q288470

SYMPTOMS

When you select a large number of names from your address book in Outlook 2001 for Mac, the following error message may occur:
You cannot select any names now. The action could not be completed.

CAUSE

This problem can occur because you have selected too many names as recipients.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, select no more than 250-300 contacts at any one time from your address book.

If you want to send to more than 300 recipients, select the first 250-300 from your address book, move them to the To field, the Cc field, or the Bcc field, and then select the remaining addresses that you want to add.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:2/27/2002
Keywords:kbbug kberrmsg KB288470