Re: Outlook 2003 limit on .pst file size

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neo [mvp outlook] wrote:
It does work on all folders, you just have to turn it on for the folders in the PST. For example, right click on a folder and select properties. Go to the archive tab to set your preference.

Since you are using Outlook 2003, have you considered using unicode rather than ansi type PST files? Reason I ask is that the new unicode PST file allows a size up to 20GBytes. To see if you have both types available to you, select File > New > Outlook data file. You should see two entries here. The first one (Office Outlook Personal Folders File) is the one that can allow up to 20GBytes of data. The second one (Outlook 97/2002 Personal Folders) is the one that is limited to 2.0 GBytes.

Might be worth the effort to create a new PST file and move the items from the old PST to the new.


Doesn't Outlook 2003 come with the unicode one by default?

P

"James Truelove" <james.truelove@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eULlt103IHA.5088@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi All

I use Outlook 2003 at work and my .pst file is on a LAN server personal folder so I can access my .pst file from whatever conference room I am having a meeting in. I created a personal folder with subfolders so I can save my emails in individual folders dedicated to a particular subject. Outlook occasionally tells me my .pst file has grown too big (1.9 Gig) and I have to delete some emails with shift/delete before I can move any more emails from my inbox.

I have considered archiving old emails but the automatic archiving only seems to work in the inbox not the personal folders?

Can anyone suggest anything? Any help would be appreciated.

James


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