Hi, With this size of pst, it takes a bit to open outlook but then it supposed to work OK. You can check if he has corrupted mails with scanpst.exe usually located in C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Mapi\1033\NT Dolly _____ From: Shaik M shamsheer [mailto:shammu74@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7:25 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Large Outlook PST file http://www.MSExchange.org/ hai One of my user outlook personnel pst file is 1GB and archive file is 1 GB total outlook mails are 2GB so when ever he try to open any of his mail its taking long time to open and system is getting slow. PC is IBM P IV 2.8MHz 512MB RAM. I am using Exchange 2000 server. User wants to keep his old mails in his outlook only for reference, how to mamage this please help me. S M Shamsheer I T Dept. _____ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. <http://g.msn.com/8HMAEN/2746??PS=> Get 2 months FREE*. ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------