Outlook 2003 Folder Size?

[Guest]

Is there a size limitation on the folders in Outlook 2003? I've been told
that having too many e-mails in my Outlook will cause trouble. But never told
what the limits are. My Personal Folder properties show 221MB now. Is this
reasonable? Too large?

 

[Pat Willener]

221MB is not big for a Personal Folders file. My PST file is about 10
times that size, and I have never experienced any troubles.

If your Personal Folders file is a 97-2002 PST file, then the limit is
2GB (or slightly less), otherwise there is no limit.

Good practice is to take a backup of your PST file from time to time
(while Outlook is closed!), and defragment the partition it resides on.

 

[Guest]

Thank You, Pat very good answer.

221MB is not big for a Personal Folders file. My PST file is about 10
times that size, and I have never experienced any troubles.

If your Personal Folders file is a 97-2002 PST file, then the limit is
2GB (or slightly less), otherwise there is no limit.

Good practice is to take a backup of your PST file from time to time
(while Outlook is closed!), and defragment the partition it resides on.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Is there a size limitation on the folders in Outlook 2003? I've been
told that having too many e-mails in my Outlook will cause trouble.
But never told what the limits are. My Personal Folder properties
show 221MB now. Is this reasonable? Too large?

A Unicode PST (i.e., a PST created in Outlook 2003) starts with a maximum
size of 20 GB, but that can be increased by registry settings. Each folder
within the PST can folder at least 64K items.