Outlook.pst has reached it's max size

[bcab17]

After getting my first Vista pc I set up WM, only to find it way too slow.
So I'm trying Outlook 2007 (at this point, just for email) for the first
time. I've set up my email accounts, and I've imported previous messages and
folders. Now, I've got a couple of issues:

1) Whenever I try to move a message to a folder, select the "delete"
command, etc. a window pops up telling me that "The file...Outlook.pst has
reached it's maximum size." It goes on to tell me to use "shift + delete" to
delete messages. I've been doing that, but I'm still getting the same pop up
window. This is the same amount of messages I've had in WindowsMail and
Outlook Express before without any issues. Why is my message storage size
limited and how do I enlarge it?

2) My Inbox does not show unread messages in BOLD type any more. It does in
other folders, but not the inbox. The only thing I've changed is that I
decided to try organizing by getting all emails from a specific account to
display in blue, and it worked fine. I have no idea if that has anything to
do with it, but how do I get my unread mail to display in BOLD?

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

The Outlook 97-2002 file format (ansi) has a max size of 2 gigs but can become problematic well before then. http://www.slipstick.com/problems/repair2gbpst.asp has directions to help. You can then create a new .pst file format (File->New->Personal Folders File - select the newer format) - then drag and drop your items from the old to the new .pst file. Close the old one when complete.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, bcab17 asked:

| After getting my first Vista pc I set up WM, only to find it way too
| slow. So I'm trying Outlook 2007 (at this point, just for email) for
| the first time. I've set up my email accounts, and I've imported
| previous messages and folders. Now, I've got a couple of issues:
|
| 1) Whenever I try to move a message to a folder, select the "delete"
| command, etc. a window pops up telling me that "The
| file...Outlook.pst has reached it's maximum size." It goes on to tell
| me to use "shift + delete" to delete messages. I've been doing that,
| but I'm still getting the same pop up window. This is the same amount
| of messages I've had in WindowsMail and Outlook Express before
| without any issues. Why is my message storage size limited and how do
| I enlarge it?
|
| 2) My Inbox does not show unread messages in BOLD type any more. It
| does in other folders, but not the inbox. The only thing I've changed
| is that I decided to try organizing by getting all emails from a
| specific account to display in blue, and it worked fine. I have no
| idea if that has anything to do with it, but how do I get my unread
| mail to display in BOLD?