Re: ost file over 2Gb, cant open Outlook

Moving the mails to a personal folder (pst) will help reduce the ost size.


"Tommy Forsman" <tofors99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> Server: Exchange 2003 sp1
>
> Client: Win XP Laptop with OL2003 (upgraded from OL2000) in cached mode.
>
>
> Mailbox is big and now OL2003 freezes all the time. Can hardly open OL at
> all. Noticed that the ost file is 2Gb.
>
> What options do I have when the user wont delete any mails?
> Can I convert ost file to unicode mode? (should be able to handle about
> 20Gb data) How?
> Can I archive files older than 3 years? (is it possible to do this from
> web interface?)
>
> Suggestions???
>
> Tomppa
>
>


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