Outlook folder size

[ChrisW]

I am using Outlook 2007 and try to keep my .pst file reasonably small.
The total size including subfolders of Personal Folders reported by
Outlook itself is 73115Kb but when I close Outlook, Explorer reports a
file size of 148,817Kb - more than twice the size. I know that after
I have archived or cleared deleted files it sometimes takes a while
for the size to stabilise but it has been like this for weks now. Am
I missing something somewhere?

 

[Oliver Vukovics]

Hi Chris,

you havte to compress the PST file:


1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Mail.
3. Click Data Files.
4. Click the .pst file that you want to compress, and then click
Settings.
5. Click Compact Now.


found on this site:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829971/en-us

Maybe it helps.