[dba-Tech] Outlook .pst Size Limits

i keep all my work email in Outlook and use a product called LookOut
to index all my Outlook Email.

Because I DO keep all my email I break into a new PST whenever my
default PST grows within 500mb.

I now have 3 pst's :)


On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:50:26 -0400, Mitsules, Mark S. (Newport News)
<mark.mitsules at ngc.com> wrote:
> >>  In Outlook 2002...overall size has a limit of 2 gigabytes (GB)  <<
> 
> Yikes, I misread Outlook's folder size...it was in KB, not in MB.  My
> largest .pst file is currently at "405351 KB".  So I guess I am safe for
> now.  Thanks.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reische, Brenda L. [mailto:blreische at mdh.org]
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:05 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Outlook .pst Size Limits
> 
> >From Microsoft.com
> 
> Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 has both a different format and a larger
> overall size limit for the personal folders (.pst) file than the .pst files
> that are in the earlier versions of Microsoft Outlook. In Outlook 2002 and
> earlier, the .pst files are in the American National Standards Institute
> (ANSI) format, and the overall size has a limit of 2 gigabytes (GB).
> 
> In Outlook 2003 .pst files are in the UNICODE format by default, and the
> overall size of the .pst files has a limit that is more than 20 GB. Outlook
> 2003 supports both the UNICODE and the ANSI formats, but the versions of
> Outlook that are earlier than Outlook 2003 do not support the UNICODE format
> and have a smaller size limit.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mitsules, Mark S. (Newport News) [mailto:Mark.Mitsules at ngc.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 9:01 AM
> To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook .pst Size Limits
> 
> Off-hand, is anyone aware of a size limitation for .pst files.  I have one
> in particular that is nearing 1/2 a Terabyte.
> 
> Mark
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