Subj : Re: covid purge
To   : Jay Harris
From : August Abolins
Date : Fri Apr 09 2021 19:09:32

Hi Jay, 
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 JH> *** Quoting August Abolins from a message to All ***
 JH> 
 AA>> Sure enough, I was reaching the 2GB limit that MS Outlook has with
 AA>> its email .PST files.
 JH> 
 JH> What version of Outlook are you using?  Outlook 2007 has a 20GB .PST file 
 JH> limit and Outlook 2010+ has a 50GB limit.
 JH> 
 JH> 
 JH> Jay
 JH> 
 JH> ... The cause of problems are solutions!

Outlook 2007 here.  But it definitely stops at 2GB.  Apparently, the system allows different types of .pst.  Mine is "Personal Folders File (97-2002)".  Maybe that's the problem.  From the H)elp, I just found out:

"Personal Folders File" indicates the new format in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 that supports multilingual Unicode data and offers greater storage capacity for items and folders. A file in the Personal Folders file format is not compatible with Microsoft Outlook 97-2002.

"Personal Folders File (97-2002)" indicates the .pst file format that is compatible with the versions of Outlook prior to Outlook 2003. Personal Folders file (97-2002) does not support Unicode and offers the same storage capacity for items and folders that was available in the previous versions of Outlook.

I guess the trick is how to convert/change to the new format without too much fuss.

Ciao!
 /|ug (https://t.me/aabolins)

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