outlook.pst file size

[Neil]

When I look at the outlook.pst file size in Windows Explorer (Win Vista Home
Premium and Outlook 2007), it see 65mb or so. When I look at the mailbox size
in outlook, I see 4949 KB. Why such a large difference? I had done a search
for files over 250 KB and see nothing to account for this large difference.

Any suggestions?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Sounds normal to me. Why do you think it matters?

 

[Pat Willener]

If you have deleted large numbers of messages or other Outlook data,
then you can compress your PST file to reduce its size.