Policy

Change the limit for the number of MIME headers

By default, the limit is 20000 for the number of MIME headers when an e-mail message is converted from MIME to MAPI. The number can be set to any positive integer. This helps prevent scenarios in which Outlook hangs while attempting conversion.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Outlook 2016 / MIME to MAPI Conversion
Policy ID c618db444fbd
Internal name L_ChangethelimitMIMEheaders

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\options\mail\mimeheaders

Policy notes

By default, the limit is 20000 for the number of MIME headers when an e-mail message is converted from MIME to MAPI. The number can be set to any positive integer. This helps prevent scenarios in which Outlook hangs while attempting conversion.

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