When it comes to creating, joining, and using groups, here are the limits and restrictions: Group memberships: 50 groups per Microsoft .NET Passport account, including applications pending approval.
Storage space per Microsoft .NET Passport account: You are allotted a pre-set number of megabytes (MB) of content across all MSN Groups that you belong to with a single Microsoft .NET Passport sign-in name. As you add content to your groups, the amount of your available storage space decreases. For example, if you manage a group for your family, and are a member of three other groups, all the content you add to those four groups will be deducted from your pre-set storage limit. Items that use up storage include:
- Discussion postings that contain an attachment.
- Files uploaded to Documents.
- Photos uploaded to Pictures.
- Pictures uploaded from your computer's hard drive or local area network (LAN) for use on message boards, custom Web pages, group calendars, lists, or the What's New page.
Pages per group: 300 total, including second level and hidden pages.
Invitations and Recommendations to join:
- Maximun sent per member per day is 50.
- Personal message can contain up to 1,024 characters.
Creating a group:
- Group name must contain 1-55 characters.
- Group description can contain 0-254 characters.
Pictures:
- Size per picture can be up to 1 MB.
- Album title must contain 1-32 characters.
- Album description can contain 0-256 characters.
- Picture title can contain 0-65 characters.
- Picture description can contain 0-1,024 characters.
Message Boards:
- Size per message can be up to 1 MB (the text of the message plus any pictures and/or attachments).
- Size of a picture used in a message can be up to 1 MB.
- Attachments per message can be up to 10, not to exceed 1 MB total.
- Messages per message board can be up to 100,000.
- Number of boards per group can be up to 299.
- Message board name must contain 1-16 characters.
- Message subject must contain 1-80 characters.
- Message body must contain 1-32,768 characters.
Documents:
- Size per file can be up to 1 MB.
- Size of a single upload can be up to 3 MB.
- Number of consecutively nested folders can be up to 9.
- Size of the path name of a file can be up to 255 characters.
Member Profile:
- Your nickname must contain 3-24 characters.
- Your personal description may contain 0-512 characters.
Calendar:
- Events per calendar can be up to 500.
- Event title must contain 1-64 characters.
- Event location can contain 1-100 characters.
- Event comments can contain 1-1,000 characters.
Lists: