>2 GB OST limit in OL2K vs. OL2K3

[Robert Gordon]

I have been told that the 2 GB local cached limit has been eliminated in
Outlook 2003.

However, does this only apply to a local cached copy created from scratch by
Outlook 2003, rather than
an upgrade of Outlook 2003 over an older install of Outlook 2000 which
already has created a .ost file?

The reason I ask is that I've noticed some of my Outlook 2003 client
receiving the "offline file can't be >2 GB"
error message, and the common factor is that all those clients were done as
in place upgrades to OL2K3, over Outlook
2000 which was already set up for offline Send/Receive syncing, rather than
being done as a fresh install with no
..ost files previously existing.

Comments?

 

[Ivan Bútora]

If the .ost or .pst is in the Outlook 97-2002 format, then they cannot go over 2
GB. Such files cannot be automatically remade into the new format. You must
create a new .pst file in the new format, and then if you want, you can copy the
messages there from the file in the old format.
Hope this helps,

Ivan



I have been told that the 2 GB local cached limit has been eliminated in
Outlook 2003.

However, does this only apply to a local cached copy created from scratch by
Outlook 2003, rather than
an upgrade of Outlook 2003 over an older install of Outlook 2000 which
already has created a .ost file?

The reason I ask is that I've noticed some of my Outlook 2003 client
receiving the "offline file can't be >2 GB"
error message, and the common factor is that all those clients were done as
in place upgrades to OL2K3, over Outlook
2000 which was already set up for offline Send/Receive syncing, rather than
being done as a fresh install with no
..ost files previously existing.

Comments?