New PST File Format

[Tom]

I'm a stand-alone user, so compatibility with others is not an issue, but I
was wondering what the benefits are of the new PST format. In other words,
why should I change/not change to the new format, given that there's no
"easy" way to do it (i.e. creating a new file, and importing stuff to it).

The help file eludes to larger storage capacity, but that's about it. Is it
any faster? Better indexing?

Thanks!

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

Larger capacity is the number #1 reason to use the new format. The other
thing the unicode store brings is the ability to store messages in the
orginal language format.

I haven't noticed a speed up or degradation of performance when using the
new pst format.