PST size limitations

[Guest]

Is 2GB the max size limit of a PST file when using Outlook 2002?

Thanks.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Actually, it's more like 1.8gb, but we all like round numbers.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Thanks Sue.
What is your opinion on users using PST's as a way of relieving mailbox size
limitations on Exchange?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

I don't think much of it. Data kept in .pst files can't be searched along with the data in the mailbox (at least not without an extra tool), can't be accessed from multiple devices, probably isn't being backed up, is in a less stable format, etc. It's a shortsighted "solution" that ignores questions that should be important to the organization:

-- What information is valuable enough to keep? And for how long?
-- Who is responsible for implementing message retention policies? The individual user? Or the mail administrator?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Ok.
Thanks.

I don't think much of it. Data kept in .pst files can't be searched along with the data in the mailbox (at least not without an extra tool), can't be accessed from multiple devices, probably isn't being backed up, is in a less stable format, etc. It's a shortsighted "solution" that ignores questions that should be important to the organization:

-- What information is valuable enough to keep? And for how long?
-- Who is responsible for implementing message retention policies? The individual user? Or the mail administrator?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[BigAl]

I have just reached the 2GB limit on my pst file at work and I'm
screwed!

I cannot delete folders or messages. I cannot receive or send emails.

What's options do I have as I have all my records on jobs in email
form and losing that will mean I lose my To Do lists, project
histories etc.

My IT guy says he cannot fix it. and has tried repairing Outlook to no
avail.

HELP!

TIA BigAl

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have just reached the 2GB limit on my pst file at work and I'm
screwed!

http://www.slipstick.com/problems/repair2gbpst.htm