Hi Travis,
Outlook 2000 and 2002 hit a hard limit at 2.0 GB.
Right as they use *ONE* large file to store everything.
Outlook 2003 If you convert the PST file to the 2003 version can go
apparently to 4GB.
Ok, still ONE PST file. I thought Outlook 2003 was smarter. I thought it was
using the Outlook Express MBX stucture.
Outlook Express (although never tested) hits its hard workable limit at
2GB as well.
Nope.... it doesn't. Outlook Express uses one file per mailbox folder. So it
can store max 2GB per folder. I have several users going over the GB limit,
one approaching 10GB. He has been using Outlook Express in stead of Outlook
for over a year now.
Have a look at the
"C:\D&S\<user>\Loc.Settings\App.Data\Identities\{..id..}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express" folder. In that folder are seperate MBX files for each e-mail
folder. IMAP folders are prepended with the name of the account given in de
account general screen.
Gordon wrote:
I am facing the opposite situation - I am in a corporate environment,
and having that much email on a users local PC, that is not backed up or
lost if the PC crashes. At least with the IMAP accounts, I can backup it
up.
The same goes for us. If a PC dies or mail is lost for whatever reason we
still have a backup of that mail. We also have close to 2000 students using
the webmail interface to access their mail. That mail wil be backed-up as
well.
Groetjes,
Bonno Bloksma
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