free space on outlook account

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Hello !

i have outlook 2003, with exchange server.

I know i can go in my account properties to get the amount of space
taken by my folders.

but is it possible to get the info without goiing there and in
percentage ?

i would like to have a button, when i click, it would say "Inbox = 25%
free space, Sent items = 60% free space"

is it possible ?

maybe with vba ?

thanks

Tiah
 
Not that I am aware of, but you would be better served asking this in a
group for Outlook programming if you are thinking of a programmed solution.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, (e-mail address removed) asked:

| Hello !
|
| i have outlook 2003, with exchange server.
|
| I know i can go in my account properties to get the amount of space
| taken by my folders.
|
| but is it possible to get the info without goiing there and in
| percentage ?
|
| i would like to have a button, when i click, it would say "Inbox = 25%
| free space, Sent items = 60% free space"
|
| is it possible ?
|
| maybe with vba ?
|
| thanks
|
| Tiah
 
i have outlook 2003, with exchange server.

I know i can go in my account properties to get the amount of space
taken by my folders.

but is it possible to get the info without goiing there and in
percentage ?

i would like to have a button, when i click, it would say "Inbox = 25%
free space, Sent items = 60% free space"
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I don't think this is possible in any event, since individual folders don't
have "free space" allocated to them. The Inbox, say, can't have "25% free"
while the Sent Items folder has "60% free". The free space is in the entire
mailbox, so you can calculate only what percent of the entire mailbox is
free. Moreover, not all mailboxes have size limits imposed, so there's no
good way to define "maximum size", other than the size that the entire
Exchange data store can take.
 
ok, so say, my tech tells me we have 100 megs available for our whole
account

can i get the space actually "taken" ? and then substrct it from my 100
number ?
 
ok, so say, my tech tells me we have 100 megs available for our whole
account
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Whole account? Do you mean for your particular mailbox or for the entire
Exchange data store? I'm guessing the former.
can i get the space actually "taken" ? and then substrct it from my
100 number ?
Click to expand...

When you look at the space taken by the folders, there is a total listed.
Subtract that from 100 MB and you'll have the space remaining.
 
as i said in my first message, i know i can go see the space taken by
the folders.
but my question was : Can we take that number from VBA maybe and make a
button the user can click to have the space remaining without goiing in
the properties ?
 
as i said in my first message, i know i can go see the space taken by
the folders.
but my question was : Can we take that number from VBA maybe and make
a button the user can click to have the space remaining without
goiing in the properties ?
Click to expand...

You never mentioned VBA in any of your prior messages. See if the folks
here might be able to help:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.program_vba
 
read again my first message ;) i did mentioned vba :)

but people in the vba group don't respond to my question.

so maybe there is no answer

thanks for your help.
 
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