outlook.pst file size

[Ken Peoples]

Hi Folks,
I am having trouble deleting things from Outlook 2000. If I look at my Outlook.pst
file, the size is 1,329,856 kb (pretty big!?). If I move some sent items
to a folder on another drive - say I move 40 megs of files, check the Sent
Items folder and confirm that they are gone, check Deleted Items and make
sure that they are not there. Log out of Outlook and back in and look at
my outlook.pst size, it does not change - still 1,329,856 kb! It continues
to grow with every email that I send and receive. Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks for your help.
Ken Peoples
Best regards,

Ken

Kenneth S. Peoples, P. E.

LVTA
Lehigh Valley Technical Associates, Inc.
1584 Weaversville Road
Northampton, PA 18067-9039

Phone: (610)-262-6345
Fax: (610)-262-8188
e-mail: (e-mail address removed)

 

[Gordon]

Hi Folks,
I am having trouble deleting things from Outlook 2000. If I look at my
Outlook.pst
file, the size is 1,329,856 kb (pretty big!?). If I move some sent items
to a folder on another drive - say I move 40 megs of files, check the Sent
Items folder and confirm that they are gone, check Deleted Items and make
sure that they are not there. Log out of Outlook and back in and look at
my outlook.pst size, it does not change - still 1,329,856 kb! It
continues
to grow with every email that I send and receive. Am I doing something
wrong?

No you are not doing anything WRONG, you are just not completing the
process. You need to manually compact the pst file after moving items.
Right-Click on Outlook Today, choose Properties, click on Advanced, and then
"Compact Now".

HTH

 

[Guest]

OK, now time for a really stupid question: Where do I find "Outlook Today"?
Best regards,

Ken

Kenneth S. Peoples, P. E.

LVTA
Lehigh Valley Technical Associates, Inc.
1584 Weaversville Road
Northampton, PA 18067-9039

Phone: (610)-262-6345
Fax: (610)-262-8188
e-mail: (e-mail address removed)

 

[Guest]

OK, I found it, right clicked, picked properties, advanced and compact now.
After a few seconds it was done. I got out of Outlook, went back in and

OK, now time for a really stupid question: Where do I find "Outlook Today"?
Best regards,

Ken

Kenneth S. Peoples, P. E.

LVTA
Lehigh Valley Technical Associates, Inc.
1584 Weaversville Road
Northampton, PA 18067-9039

Phone: (610)-262-6345
Fax: (610)-262-8188
e-mail: (e-mail address removed)





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Best regards,

Ken

Kenneth S. Peoples, P. E.

LVTA
Lehigh Valley Technical Associates, Inc.
1584 Weaversville Road
Northampton, PA 18067-9039

Phone: (610)-262-6345
Fax: (610)-262-8188
e-mail: (e-mail address removed)

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Compacting only works when you have 10% or more of the .pst file removed. I
would start archiving, removing attachments and otherwise do some
housekeeping. You are very close to losing your .pst file to corruption -
the file can start to corrupt as soon as 1.6 gigs. The absolute limit is
1.86 (although Microsoft says it is 2 gigs).

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| OK, I found it, right clicked, picked properties, advanced and
| compact now.
| After a few seconds it was done. I got out of Outlook, went back in
| and
| the pst file size is still the same. Is this compacting the correct
||
|| OK, now time for a really stupid question: Where do I find "Outlook
|| Today"?
|| Best regards,
||
|| Ken
||
|| Kenneth S. Peoples, P. E.
||
|| LVTA
|| Lehigh Valley Technical Associates, Inc.
|| 1584 Weaversville Road
|| Northampton, PA 18067-9039
||
|| Phone: (610)-262-6345
|| Fax: (610)-262-8188
|| e-mail: (e-mail address removed)
||
||
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| Best regards,
|
| Ken
|
| Kenneth S. Peoples, P. E.
|
| LVTA
| Lehigh Valley Technical Associates, Inc.
| 1584 Weaversville Road
| Northampton, PA 18067-9039
|
| Phone: (610)-262-6345
| Fax: (610)-262-8188
| e-mail: (e-mail address removed)
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