inbox limit

[yasaswi]

From earlier postings I gathered that there is a 2GB limit on the
Outlook Inbox's PST file. I think there is a limit of 64,000 messages
as well. How can I increase this limit on MS Outlook, on MS Windows XP
Professional computer.
Thanks,
Yasaswi

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

Can't increase it when running Outlook 97 thru 2002. (Its hard coded into
the application)

Outlook 2003 is the only version that breaks this bearer with a new PST file
format. Out of the box it has a software limit of 20GB (unknown item count
because performance basically degrades after a bit). This file size limit
can be increased via a registry edit. Therefore, Outlook 2003 PST file is
now limited by drive format. (e.g. FAT16 2GB, FAT32 4GB, NTFS is more than
a mere mortal needs) This file format is *not* backward compatible.