Also there's a Shrink function that does what you need. After you've run the auto-archive function (moves anything older than x weeks - you specify how old to move it) you run the shrink and it will close everything up and you'll get what you need.
It's a while since i saw the Outlook2000 app, but in Outlook2003 it's at File > Data file management > Settings > Compact now. It is probably something similar in Outlook2000. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 5:05 AM, Rob Parkhill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adrian, > can you open it with Outlook, and then run the Auto-Archive function. That > should move older sent items etc. into a different pst folder for archived > items. > > HTH > > Rob > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 6:39 AM, adrian lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Sorry for the OT, just need to see if anyone has had any experience of a >> .pst file in Outlook 2000 going over 2GB and ways to shrink it. >> >> I'm told the deleted items folder contains a load of things that could be >> deleted so I'm looking for a way to navigate the .pst file to pick and >> choose which things to delete to get it down in size. >> >> We've tried SCANPST.EXE but that isn't designed to solve this problem. MS >> also supply a tool to truncate the file but you have no control over what's >> removed and we'd like all data to be recovered. >> >> Cheers all. >> >> Adrian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:316020 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
