Archive size limits in 2003?

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Geoff

Can anyone tell me if there are still issues around .pst
or archive files corrupting when they approach 1 gb? I
had this problem last year with OL2002 and wanted to know
if it had been fixed in 2003 ... or do I need to be sure
and create additional archive files as they get bigger?
 
Outlook 2003 introduced a new Unicode format for .PST files that can hold a
vast amount of data -- much more than 2GB. In fact, for the near future at
least, your hardware will likely limit the size of your .PST before the .PST
itself will. :-) However, .PST files created by Outlook 2002 and earlier
(or created in the old format under Outlook 2003) are still subject to the
2GB limit. Users report problems anywhere from 1GB on, and the practical
limit is 1.83GB. So keep an eye on the size of any old ANSI .PST files.

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No, it is 20 GB.

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Ozzie04 asked:

| Although true, the operating system will set it to 4GB I do believe
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| message || Outlook 2003 introduced a new Unicode format for .PST files that can
|| hold a vast amount of data -- much more than 2GB. In fact, for the
|| near future at least, your hardware will likely limit the size of
|| your .PST before the .PST itself will. :-) However, .PST files
|| created by Outlook 2002 and earlier (or created in the old format
|| under Outlook 2003) are still subject to the 2GB limit. Users
|| report problems anywhere from 1GB on, and the practical limit is
|| 1.83GB. So keep an eye on the size of any old ANSI .PST files.
||
|| --
|| Jocelyn Fiorello
|| MVP - Outlook
||
|| *** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
|| reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***
||
||
|| In || Geoff wrote:
||
||| Can anyone tell me if there are still issues around .pst
||| or archive files corrupting when they approach 1 gb? I
||| had this problem last year with OL2002 and wanted to know
||| if it had been fixed in 2003 ... or do I need to be sure
||| and create additional archive files as they get bigger?
 
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