Outlook 2007 PST Size limitation

[FKlassen]

Hello,

Does Outlook 2007 have the 2 gb pst file size limitation?

Tx

FK

 

[dlw]

no

 

[Tracy]

Outlook 2007 PST's size limit is 20GB by default, but can be modified for more.

However, if you created your pst in 2003, but are now using 2007 client, it
will hold to the limit of the system you created the pst in originally. You
would have to create a new pst in 2007 in order to get the full 2007 version
value.

 

[FKlassen]

Thanks for that info.

You seem knowledgeable about Outlook - see how you do on this one: I had to
recover a pst file here today because the guy let it get too large - used
Ontrack's Easy Email recovery program. Now whenever the guy opens Outlook
(2000) all his contacts (hundreds)pop-up as reminders. Dismissing them all
does no good and the next time he re-starts Outlook they all pop-up again.

Thanks.

FK

 

[Brian Tillman]

However, if you created your pst in 2003, but are now using 2007
client, it will hold to the limit of the system you created the pst
in originally. You would have to create a new pst in 2007 in order
to get the full 2007 version value.

This isn't correct. Outlook 2003 and 2007 use the same Unicode PST format.
It is the ANSI PST format used by Outloook 2002 and earlier that has the 2GB
limit. For current versions of Outlook, it is the PST format that dictates
the limit, not the version of Outlook, per se. Both Outlook 2003 and 2007
can create and use ANSI PSTs and they'll still have the 2GB limit.