PST files, why have such big files? how to get rid of folders..

Hi there,
I don’t administer a corporate environment and have roaming profiles/pst
files, so maybe that’s the reason why I don’t get it but, why is Outlook
storing all the data into single pst files?
I want to have separate pst files to some folders that I frequently use like
from my friends and from RSS entries. Well if I do that, immediately, folders
such as deleted items, drafts, junk e-mail, outbox, sent items and search
folders appear. And as of now I haven’t been able to hide or delete those
folders. Having those folders makes the mail folders list unnecessarily long
and useless.
My reason behind using a separate pst file is to be able to decrease the
size of the main pst file and be able to compact more often and if I have to,
just backup/delete/etc on some of the pst files. And yes I know of the
auto-archive options and what not but its not what I want.
I tried thunderbird, though it seems nice, I’m very used to outlook and I
like most things about it, also I use a winmo PDA and sync my
calendar/emails/etc so I really love outlook, but I don’t get why everything
is archived into 1 single pst file, and that when we create a new pst file
we’re not able to get rid of redundant folders. Yes I know outlook express
does what I want, but its functionalities are limited..
What would one have to do to accomplish this? Or can someone point me to a
Ms kb article or something explaining the reason behind using single pst file.
Thanks
.

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