Sam, But at the same time, you have to ask yourself, if there is a limit and a user is hitting that limit, is the user using that function as it's designed or is your limit unreasonable? Just because you can technically make something unlimited doesn't mean you should. Quite possibly the limit is there not to increase performance or for readability/layout, but to ensure that the resource is used properly and not abused.
To use your example, if I'm a professor, and I teach 5 classes per semester, and I need a nickname for each class I'm teaching, and you've run out of nicknames, then obviously the nicknames that were used for classes I taught several semesters ago haven't been removed. Alternately, maybe a mailing list would be a better option. Just playing devil's advocate, that's all! -Ryan On Nov 26, 2007 12:41 AM, Sam Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ryan, > > While I too am interested in this particular use case, I've lost count of > the number of times that I've been affected by arbitrary limits like this > and it's impossible to predict what people all the weird and wonderful > things people will want to use the tools for. If there's a good reason for > such limits (eg limiting the number of users sharing a spreadsheet for > performance or the number of recipients of a mail message for spam) then > fair enough but I'd also be interested in the rationale behind selecting 30 > as the limit in this case. One possible use case would be having addresses > for course administrators at a school/university - with only a single > recipient mailing lists are not necessary (and may also be subject to > similar limits) and it's conceivable that one person administers more than > 30 courses! > > My point in this rant is simply to think long and hard before implementing > arbitrary limits, > > Sam > > > On 11/26/07, Ryan Shelley < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Why does a single person need more than 30 nicknames? > > > > On Nov 23, 2007 9:24 PM, alex94040 < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > That sucks, and I totally don't understand why that limit is in place. > > > Are you worried about abuse? Can you increase that limit to, say, > > > 200? > > > > > > On Oct 5, 1:48 pm, "Austin (Google)" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Yes, the max number of nickname per user is 30. You should be > > > getting > > > > a error code 1501-TooManyNicknamesForUser when you are creating > > > beyond > > > > 30 nicknames. > > > > > > > > Austin > > > > > > > > On Oct 3, 11:09 pm, alex94040 <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to add a number of nicknames to a test account we've > > > set up > > > > > on our domain; i'm getting a "server error" once I try to add > > > > > nicknames past 30. Does anyone know why? > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Apps APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-apps-apis?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
