Compacting a .pst file

[~~Alan~~]

Outlook 2002 Question----

As I receive and send e-mail in Outlook and I save everything, then
eventually delete it all, does my .pst file grow and shrink accordingly?

If not can the .pst file be compressed? How?

What happens when the .pst file reaches its 2GB limit?

thanks,
~alan

 

[_Vanguard_]

Outlook 2002 Question----

As I receive and send e-mail in Outlook and I save everything, then
eventually delete it all, does my .pst file grow and shrink
accordingly?

If not can the .pst file be compressed? How?

Use Outlook's own included help to look up "compact[ion]".

What happens when the .pst file reaches its 2GB limit?

It starts to corrupt or truncate to cause problems. The real limit is
1.87GB (1GB = 2^30 bytes = 1,073,741,824 bytes, so 2GB = 2147483648
hence why some folks says it is a 2GB limit). Use [auto]archiving to
keep your .pst file(s) smaller.

 

[~~Alan~~]

thanks - found it.

~alan

Outlook 2002 Question----

As I receive and send e-mail in Outlook and I save everything, then
eventually delete it all, does my .pst file grow and shrink accordingly?

If not can the .pst file be compressed? How?

Use Outlook's own included help to look up "compact[ion]".

What happens when the .pst file reaches its 2GB limit?

It starts to corrupt or truncate to cause problems. The real limit is
1.87GB (1GB = 2^30 bytes = 1,073,741,824 bytes, so 2GB = 2147483648 hence
why some folks says it is a 2GB limit). Use [auto]archiving to keep your
.pst file(s) smaller.