Windows (Vista) Mail and 2GB file limitation?

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The 2 GB file limit applied to an individual file. In Windows Mail,
messages are saved in folders in the native EML format rather than being
stored in a DBX file grows until compacted.

So, the answer is that article does not really apply to the mail store in
Vista.
 
Sure, to add to what Jim said, see here:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684493.aspx

That is the database that Windows Mail is now using, which is also used by
Active Directory and MS Exchange.

"has been used in applications with databases in extreme cases in excess of
1 terabyte, and commonly over 50 gigabytes"

How's them apples? <G>

The problem now is teaching them how to make the database relational instead
of tabular.

steve
 
Can't answer your question directly. But... I think you are referring to the
2GB limit in Microsoft Outlook, not Outlook Express.

-Frank
 
Frankster said:
Can't answer your question directly. But... I think you are referring to
the 2GB limit in Microsoft Outlook, not Outlook Express.
Click to expand...

Outlook Express has a 2 GB limit on the DBX files for the individual OE
folders.
 
I occasionally get errors regarding 8gb size of data base, not 2gb.
but mine appear in the event logs.



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Frank Saunders said:
Outlook Express has a 2 GB limit on the DBX files for the individual OE
folders.
Click to expand...
Ah... didn't know that. I just recently had to help someone recover from a
2GB PST file in Outlook.
Click to expand...

-Frank
 
From MS...

"SUMMARY
Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 have both a
different format and a larger overall size limit for the personal folders
(.pst) file than the .pst files that are in the earlier versions of
Microsoft Outlook. In Outlook 2002 and earlier, the .pst files are in the
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) format, and the overall size
has a limit of 2 gigabytes (GB)."

Here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830336/

I was working with an Outlook 2000 machine.

-Frank

I occasionally get errors regarding 8gb size of data base, not 2gb.
but mine appear in the event logs.


(e-mail address removed)


Frank Saunders said:
Outlook Express has a 2 GB limit on the DBX files for the individual OE
folders.
Click to expand...
Ah... didn't know that. I just recently had to help someone recover from a
2GB PST file in Outlook.
Click to expand...

-Frank
 
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