What is the OST size limitation in OUTLOOK 2003?

According to microsoft articles OUTLOOK2003 has 20 gig pst
limitions compared to 2 gb on outlook 2000. I am using
exchange 5.5 and outlook 2003 and I want to use the cached
exchange mode. I have 5 gig data on my mail box. When I
used cached exchage mode it syncs only upto 2gb.

After 2gb it fails and says " You reached your maxium
limit"

Is OUTLOOK 2003 supports more than 2 gb of data for
OST file or cached mode.

I cannot find the answer anywhere.

Thanks for the help in advance.

You would suspect that indeed.

I haven't tested it myself but try deleting the ost-file when Outlook is
closed and then let it resync. Outlook should now create a new ost-file by
itself and by default Outlook 2003 creates the new formatted pst-file
format. I expect it does the same for ost-files as there is a new ost-file
format as well.

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"pattykutty" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:059a01c3c3e7$741f5ce0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>
> According to microsoft articles OUTLOOK2003 has 20 gig pst
> limitions compared to 2 gb on outlook 2000. I am using
> exchange 5.5 and outlook 2003 and I want to use the cached
> exchange mode. I have 5 gig data on my mail box. When I
> used cached exchage mode it syncs only upto 2gb.
>
> After 2gb it fails and says " You reached your maxium
> limit"
>
> Is OUTLOOK 2003 supports more than 2 gb of data for
> OST file or cached mode.
>
> I cannot find the answer anywhere.
>
> Thanks for the help in advance.

I think OUTLOOK 2003 OST also has 2 gig limitation. Please
test it and let me know soon.

I need the answer soon. Anyone else from MICROSOFT
knows this? Thanks in advance.

My company CEO has 5 gig data and he do not want to
move his data to pst files. He wants to use OST or cashed
exchange mode on outlook 2003, thats why I bought this
software.

>-----Original Message-----
>You would suspect that indeed.
>
>I haven't tested it myself but try deleting the ost-file
when Outlook is
>closed and then let it resync. Outlook should now create
a new ost-file by
>itself and by default Outlook 2003 creates the new
formatted pst-file
>format. I expect it does the same for ost-files as there
is a new ost-file
>format as well.
>
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>"pattykutty" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message
>news:059a01c3c3e7$741f5ce0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>> According to microsoft articles OUTLOOK2003 has 20 gig
pst
>> limitions compared to 2 gb on outlook 2000. I am using
>> exchange 5.5 and outlook 2003 and I want to use the
cached
>> exchange mode. I have 5 gig data on my mail box. When I
>> used cached exchage mode it syncs only upto 2gb.
>>
>> After 2gb it fails and says " You reached your maxium
>> limit"
>>
>> Is OUTLOOK 2003 supports more than 2 gb of data
for
>> OST file or cached mode.
>>
>> I cannot find the answer anywhere.
>>
>> Thanks for the help in advance.
>
>
>.
>

I can't test it at the moment (formatted my Exchange 2003 server and I've
got an SQL exam due tomorrow) but I KNOW ths ost-file format has changed as
well to UNICODE. If you've done an upgrade to Outlook 2003 and deleting the
ost-file didn't gave you the result you might want to recreate the mail
profile (do not copy) in Control Panel-> Mail-> button Show Profiles->
button Add...

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"pattykutty" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:063001c3c3ee$67a2a150$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> I think OUTLOOK 2003 OST also has 2 gig limitation. Please
> test it and let me know soon.
>
> I need the answer soon. Anyone else from MICROSOFT
> knows this? Thanks in advance.
>
> My company CEO has 5 gig data and he do not want to
> move his data to pst files. He wants to use OST or cashed
> exchange mode on outlook 2003, thats why I bought this
> software.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >You would suspect that indeed.
> >
> >I haven't tested it myself but try deleting the ost-file
> when Outlook is
> >closed and then let it resync. Outlook should now create
> a new ost-file by
> >itself and by default Outlook 2003 creates the new
> formatted pst-file
> >format. I expect it does the same for ost-files as there
> is a new ost-file
> >format as well.
> >
> >--
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> >"pattykutty" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in message
> >news:059a01c3c3e7$741f5ce0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> >>
> >> According to microsoft articles OUTLOOK2003 has 20 gig
> pst
> >> limitions compared to 2 gb on outlook 2000. I am using
> >> exchange 5.5 and outlook 2003 and I want to use the
> cached
> >> exchange mode. I have 5 gig data on my mail box. When I
> >> used cached exchage mode it syncs only upto 2gb.
> >>
> >> After 2gb it fails and says " You reached your maxium
> >> limit"
> >>
> >> Is OUTLOOK 2003 supports more than 2 gb of data
> for
> >> OST file or cached mode.
> >>
> >> I cannot find the answer anywhere.
> >>
> >> Thanks for the help in advance.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

the size of the ost (or pst) is controlled by the file format which is
controlled by the server - exchange 5.5 only uses ansi versions, not
Unicode.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/

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> "pattykutty" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:059a01c3c3e7$741f5ce0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> >
> > According to microsoft articles OUTLOOK2003 has 20 gig pst
> > limitions compared to 2 gb on outlook 2000. I am using
> > exchange 5.5 and outlook 2003 and I want to use the cached
> > exchange mode. I have 5 gig data on my mail box. When I
> > used cached exchage mode it syncs only upto 2gb.
> >
> > After 2gb it fails and says " You reached your maxium
> > limit"
> >
> > Is OUTLOOK 2003 supports more than 2 gb of data for
> > OST file or cached mode.
> >
> > I cannot find the answer anywhere.
> >
> > Thanks for the help in advance.
>
>

That explains a lot. Tricky one!

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"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <dianenws@poremsky.com> wrote in message
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> the size of the ost (or pst) is controlled by the file format which is
> controlled by the server - exchange 5.5 only uses ansi versions, not
> Unicode.
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
> Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
>
> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
>
> Search for answers: http://groups.google.com
> Most recent posts to the Outlook newsgroups:
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_...utlook.*&num=30
>
>
> > "pattykutty" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:059a01c3c3e7$741f5ce0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> > >
> > > According to microsoft articles OUTLOOK2003 has 20 gig pst
> > > limitions compared to 2 gb on outlook 2000. I am using
> > > exchange 5.5 and outlook 2003 and I want to use the cached
> > > exchange mode. I have 5 gig data on my mail box. When I
> > > used cached exchage mode it syncs only upto 2gb.
> > >
> > > After 2gb it fails and says " You reached your maxium
> > > limit"
> > >
> > > Is OUTLOOK 2003 supports more than 2 gb of data for
> > > OST file or cached mode.
> > >
> > > I cannot find the answer anywhere.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the help in advance.
> >
> >
>
>

Wow!! That explains a lot.That means I have to run
Exchange 2003. Correct!!. Is Exchnage 2000 supoorts
unicode?




>-----Original Message-----
>the size of the ost (or pst) is controlled by the file
format which is
>controlled by the server - exchange 5.5 only uses ansi
versions, not
>Unicode.
>
>--
>Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
>Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
>Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart
Guide)
>
>Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
>
>Search for answers: http://groups.google.com
>Most recent posts to the Outlook newsgroups:
>http://groups.google.com/groups?
as_ugroup=microsoft.public.outlook.*&num=30
>
>
>> "pattykutty" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
>> news:059a01c3c3e7$741f5ce0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> >
>> > According to microsoft articles OUTLOOK2003 has 20
gig pst
>> > limitions compared to 2 gb on outlook 2000. I am using
>> > exchange 5.5 and outlook 2003 and I want to use the
cached
>> > exchange mode. I have 5 gig data on my mail box. When
I
>> > used cached exchage mode it syncs only upto 2gb.
>> >
>> > After 2gb it fails and says " You reached your maxium
>> > limit"
>> >
>> > Is OUTLOOK 2003 supports more than 2 gb of data
for
>> > OST file or cached mode.
>> >
>> > I cannot find the answer anywhere.
>> >
>> > Thanks for the help in advance.
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

"pattykutty" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<059a01c3c3e7$741f5ce0$a001280a@phx.gbl>...
> According to microsoft articles OUTLOOK2003 has 20 gig pst
> limitions compared to 2 gb on outlook 2000. I am using
> exchange 5.5 and outlook 2003 and I want to use the cached
> exchange mode. I have 5 gig data on my mail box. When I
> used cached exchage mode it syncs only upto 2gb.
>
> After 2gb it fails and says " You reached your maxium
> limit"
>
> Is OUTLOOK 2003 supports more than 2 gb of data for
> OST file or cached mode.
>
> I cannot find the answer anywhere.
>
> Thanks for the help in advance.

You need to remove the outlook profile and rebuild it.Control Panel/Mail profile