What is the OST size limitation in OUTLOOK 2003?

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According to microsoft articles OUTLOOK2003 has 20 gig pst
limitions compared to 2 gb on outlook 2000. I am using
exchange 5.5 and outlook 2003 and I want to use the cached
exchange mode. I have 5 gig data on my mail box. When I
used cached exchage mode it syncs only upto 2gb.

After 2gb it fails and says " You reached your maxium
limit"

Is OUTLOOK 2003 supports more than 2 gb of data for
OST file or cached mode.

I cannot find the answer anywhere.

Thanks for the help in advance.
 
You would suspect that indeed.

I haven't tested it myself but try deleting the ost-file when Outlook is
closed and then let it resync. Outlook should now create a new ost-file by
itself and by default Outlook 2003 creates the new formatted pst-file
format. I expect it does the same for ost-files as there is a new ost-file
format as well.

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I think OUTLOOK 2003 OST also has 2 gig limitation. Please
test it and let me know soon.

I need the answer soon. Anyone else from MICROSOFT
knows this? Thanks in advance.

My company CEO has 5 gig data and he do not want to
move his data to pst files. He wants to use OST or cashed
exchange mode on outlook 2003, thats why I bought this
software.
 
I can't test it at the moment (formatted my Exchange 2003 server and I've
got an SQL exam due tomorrow) but I KNOW ths ost-file format has changed as
well to UNICODE. If you've done an upgrade to Outlook 2003 and deleting the
ost-file didn't gave you the result you might want to recreate the mail
profile (do not copy) in Control Panel-> Mail-> button Show Profiles->
button Add...

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That explains a lot. Tricky one!

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Diane Poremsky said:
the size of the ost (or pst) is controlled by the file format which is
controlled by the server - exchange 5.5 only uses ansi versions, not
Unicode.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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Wow!! That explains a lot.That means I have to run
Exchange 2003. Correct!!. Is Exchnage 2000 supoorts
unicode?



-----Original Message-----
the size of the ost (or pst) is controlled by the file format which is
controlled by the server - exchange 5.5 only uses ansi versions, not
Unicode.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Search for answers: http://groups.google.com
Most recent posts to the Outlook newsgroups:
http://groups.google.com/groups? as_ugroup=microsoft.public.outlook.*&num=30

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pattykutty said:
According to microsoft articles OUTLOOK2003 has 20 gig pst
limitions compared to 2 gb on outlook 2000. I am using
exchange 5.5 and outlook 2003 and I want to use the cached
exchange mode. I have 5 gig data on my mail box. When I
used cached exchage mode it syncs only upto 2gb.

After 2gb it fails and says " You reached your maxium
limit"

Is OUTLOOK 2003 supports more than 2 gb of data for
OST file or cached mode.

I cannot find the answer anywhere.

Thanks for the help in advance.
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You need to remove the outlook profile and rebuild it.Control Panel/Mail profile
 
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