The good news is that 2003 is nearly limitless. They changed the format of the PST files...in the way the program stores the info...so I haven't found any info on limits. And the help files only say that you're just limited by what your admin sets (assuming you're in an office setting on Exchange). But they do recommend in 2003, that you can create new PST files to manage the size of your files...cos' as with any file...if it's huge it'll open...but it will take some time and then there's always the risk that it can become corrupt. So they suggest the same stuff I explain in my TechTrax article. Create PST for various categories and move older stuff out that way. Dian D. Chapman Technical Consultant, Microsoft MVP & Instructor Free Tutorials: www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word Tips & Tricks eBook: www.mousetrax.com/books.html Learn VBA the easy way, thru video! www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Chapman Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 9:14 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Sent mail in Outlook 2002 / Archive not functioning? Hmmm, that indicates a 16 bit structure on the mail database in every way yet they're riding on a natural 32 bit counting system. Wonder why they settled on those metrics. They're so very DOS.<g> In fact, those numbers very closely follow the limits of a FAT16 File System! Greg Chapman http://www.mousetrax.com "Counting in binary is as easy as 01, 10, 11! With thinking this clear, is coding really a good idea?" > -----Original Message----- > From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dian Chapman > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 9:53 PM > To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [mso] Re: Sent mail in Outlook 2002 / Archive not > functioning? > > > The limits of Outlook 2002 are: > > 2GB max file size > 65,000 items per folder > 65,000 folders per folder > > But that doesn't mean that it can't be corrupt and Linda's > right...try to > recover it by creating a new one and passing info to that > one. Then...for > make a backup this time!! > > > Dian D. Chapman > Technical Consultant, > Microsoft MVP & Instructor > > Free Tutorials: www.mousetrax.com/techtrax > Free Word Tips & Tricks eBook: www.mousetrax.com/books.html > Learn VBA the easy way, thru video! www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html > > ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************* ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************