James
Mon Jul 07 10:31:51 PDT 2008
"Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> "James Truelove" <james.truelove@nospam-sky.com> wrote in message
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>> "DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
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>>> Outlook 2003 uses unicode by default, so unless you have ported over the
>>> data file from a previous version of Outllook your data file will be
>>> unicode
>>> Rt click Personal Folders, select Properties>Advanced, if under Format:
>>> it states 'personal folders file' then it is a unicode data file.
>>> Outlook doesnt give any oversize warning, unless I believe, the max file
>>> size has been implimented in the registry, in an exchange invironment it
>>> may give a warning.
>>>
>>> However; MS doesnt support the use of a pst over a network as it can
>>> lead to corruption of the pst.
>>>
>>> "James Truelove" <james.truelove@nospam-sky.com> wrote in message
>>> news:e%23bidW33IHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> "neo [mvp outlook]" <neo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:ujPkXA33IHA.4488@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>> It does work on all folders, you just have to turn it on for the
>>>>> folders in the PST. For example, right click on a folder and select
>>>>> properties. Go to the archive tab to set your preference.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since you are using Outlook 2003, have you considered using unicode
>>>>> rather than ansi type PST files? Reason I ask is that the new unicode
>>>>> PST file allows a size up to 20GBytes. To see if you have both types
>>>>> available to you, select File > New > Outlook data file. You should
>>>>> see two entries here. The first one (Office Outlook Personal Folders
>>>>> File) is the one that can allow up to 20GBytes of data. The second
>>>>> one (Outlook 97/2002 Personal Folders) is the one that is limited to
>>>>> 2.0 GBytes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Might be worth the effort to create a new PST file and move the items
>>>>> from the old PST to the new.
>>>>>
>>>>> "James Truelove" <james.truelove@nospam-sky.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:eULlt103IHA.5088@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Hi All
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I use Outlook 2003 at work and my .pst file is on a LAN server
>>>>>> personal folder so I can access my .pst file from whatever conference
>>>>>> room I am having a meeting in. I created a personal folder with
>>>>>> subfolders so I can save my emails in individual folders dedicated to
>>>>>> a particular subject. Outlook occasionally tells me my .pst file has
>>>>>> grown too big (1.9 Gig) and I have to delete some emails with
>>>>>> shift/delete before I can move any more emails from my inbox.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have considered archiving old emails but the automatic archiving
>>>>>> only seems to work in the inbox not the personal folders?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can anyone suggest anything? Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> James
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the tip. I will try this. Many thanks for responding.
>>>> James
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I have been using a network location for my .pst file with no corruption
>> problems for about a year now.
>
>
> Then you have been very lucky.
Company servers are backed up every night so if the worst happens I can
recover the .pst file with minimal loss