You are right about that limit. I say "limit" rather than "limitation" because it's artificial. Microsoft wants you to move to Exchange if you are handling a lot of email, so PSTs can only get so large.
At least that's what I've heard. :) -- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 http://www.puryear-it.com Author: "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" "Spam Fighting and Email Security in the 21st Century" Download your free copies: http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/ebooks/ Petri Laihonen wrote: > I would emphasize "small" single file with outlook. > Anyone with outlook.pst file at around 1Gb is about to loose them all. > (E-mails, I mean....) > I have encountered this limitation multiple times, last time was > actually 2 days ago. Temporary solution was to move some older mails to > and archive.pst, but what about when archive becomes 1Gb too? Bye-Bye > all the e-mails..... > > This ridiculous limitation got me out of outlook very fast several years > ago when I lost a chunk of mail. Currently I have about 4Gb of mails and > Thunderbird as Mail client. No problems there..... > > Petri > > > Joe Fruchey wrote: >> No, I know that Outlook is a full PIM and whatnot. Thankfully, I don't >> use it anymore (got fed up with 20MB mailbox limit at work, so Gmail >> checks it via POP now). And I understand that the functionality it >> offers is important in an office environment. It just seems like the >> odd man out, and that perhaps it should be offered separately. All the >> other PIMs I can think of are separate apps (though both users of ACT! >> are probably still running Windows 95), and most office suites do not >> include a PIM or email client. >> >> That is all. >> >> On 5/16/07, Karthik Poobalasubramanian <karthik at poobal.net> wrote: >> >>> Don't forget the fact that Outlook stores all emails(and other junk) in a >>> single small file. Apparently, this is the most safe and secure way to store >>> your email. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On >>> Behalf >>> Of -ray >>> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 3:57 PM >>> To: general at brlug.net >>> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Is OpenOffice just "good enough"? >>> >>> >>> Outlook Express just manages email. With full Outlook, you get contacts >>> and calendaring (and other junk), which is more fitting in an office >>> suite.. Add the collaboration that you mention, and boom that's what >>> users want. >>> >>> ray >>> >>> On Wed, 16 May 2007, Joe Fruchey wrote: >>> >>> >>>> And does anyone else feel like Outlook is out of place in an office >>>> suite? Every other app is about creating documents or content, and >>>> then this one is for reading and managing email messages. Seems random >>>> to me. >>>> >>>> >>>>> MSO will also always kill OOo in the collaboration arena. That's their >>>>> forte, and they do it well. Expensive and proprietary, but well. >>>>> >>>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> General mailing list >>> General at brlug.net >>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> General mailing list >>> General at brlug.net >>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> General at brlug.net >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
