Andrew, I consider 1.5 GB the danger zone. Trying running a compact on a 1.5GB with 45 folders. We are talking hours.
I showed the user that he must use 3 different PST files, much faster and cleaner now. John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Declude.JunkMail- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colbeck, Andrew > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 3:02 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Re[2]: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Pete McNiel's Product Proposal > > 2 GB is the danger zone for .pst files. They can be bigger, but if they do > get corrupted, the Inbox Repair Tool will truncate it just short of 2 GB. I > don't know if there is a fixed maximum of messages. > > Andrew 8) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pete McNeil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 2:58 PM > To: John Tolmachoff (Lists) > Subject: Re[2]: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Pete McNiel's Product Proposal > > > On Friday, October 29, 2004, 11:57:25 AM, John wrote: > > JTL> FYI, there is a product for Exchange called ActiveFolders that is > JTL> very reasonably priced. It does have the option of searching PST > JTL> files. > > PST files blow up magically at a certain number of messages - I forget how > many, but that's one of the reasons I'm never going near Outlook again. > > All good info though - I've got a file I've started for this thread. I am > listening even if I'm not responding. ;-) > > _M > > > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, > just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe > Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
