I found this down the block; #12
From: Anna777 ?
Date: 08/23/01 10:33 AM EDT
Status: Not Rated
Points:
Actually there's a limit (see Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q171582):
"Each .pst file can contain 16,384 items. An item is either a folder, message, task, etc. Each folder can contain a maximum of 16,384 items. If you select the option to "Allow upgrade to large tables," each folder can contain up to 65,536 items. The total file size of a .pst cannot exceed 2 Gigabytes (GB)."
"The OST file can contain as many folders as you desire and each folder can contain a maximum of 16,384 (16 kilobytes) records. The total file size of an OST cannot exceed 2 GB."
"A Mailbox Folder for each user is stored on the server in the same database store. The server has a capacity of 16 GB for one store, which translates to millions of records. However, the server administrator may limit the size of each user's Mailbox Folder."
"Public Folders reside on the server in the same database store. They contain information shared by many users. Depending upon access permissions, individual users can read, update, or add to the PF. The server has a capacity of 16 GB for one store, which translates to millions of records."
From Anna777 ?
on 08/23/01 10:37 AM EDT:
Essentially Outlook and Outlook Express tend to quit working once that 2 GB limit is met or exceeded. Generally, I tell people that they should clean out or archive once they've gone as high as 1 GB -- or at the very least separate their attachments from e-mail and save it to the hard drive if they still need them.
The vast majority of problems with e-mail can be solved with Inbox Repair Tool (scanpst.exe -- but that utility does not work on *.pst *.sch over 2 GB in size).
