Why does MS Outlook 2007 hang whenever I try to run a rule on the current contents of the inbox?

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Published on 2009-10-28T06:56:13Z Indexed on 2010/05/07 7:18 UTC
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The cursor (arrow and circle) flickers nonstop. Outlook is not responding. I am using a Microsoft Exchange Server email account.

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