From: Tim Boyer 

On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 16:40:49 -0600, "Glenn Meadows"
 wrote:

>Have you tried the Inbox Repair tool?
>

Not yet.  That fixed it.  Thanks, Glenn.

>Program Files/Common Files/System/MAPI/SCANPST.EXE.
>
>Run that first.  Then see if Outlook can open it, and immediately delete
>stuff from your Sent and Deleted folder, without retrieving any email.
>
>Then do an ARCHIVE to move mail to an archive PST.
>
>When that's done, then right click on the root folder of the PST file, and
>select Properties, then Advanced, and click COMPRESS NOW.
>
>Be prepared to go out for a long dinner, as it takes a long time to compress
>the file.
>
>Turn ON Auto Archiving, and set it to some reasonable time frame.

I've had it at six months forever.  Apparently, I'm starting to get more email.
:)

>
>There is no limit as to the number of OPEN Archive PST files you can have,
>but if you're on Office 2000 or XP, then you are stuck with the 2 GIG limit.
>
>Only Office 2003 gives you the option of a larger PST.
>
>Opening an existing 97-2002 style PST in Office 2003 does NOT change the
>limitations on that file.  To migrate to a new larger size PST, you have to
>create a NEW PST, in the 2003 format, then IMPORT all the info from the old
>one to the new one, then you get the greatly expanded size.
>
>I've had to deal with this at least once every couple of weeks.
>
>Best cure I've given people, is Auto Archive, and once every 2-3 months,
>create a new archive folder, and change their names to display the time
>period they cover.
>
>PST's are like 4 drawer filing cabinets, when they're full, you can't cram
>another piece of paper in them.  Then, you go to Office Depot, and buy an
>empty file cabinet, and move stuff you don't need as often into the new
>cabinet. .
>
>As to why it won't tell you it's about to "break", I think
that's on Office
>2000 issue.  We have a collection of versions going, and the 2000 ones seem
>to give the least amount of warning.  In Office XP (2002), the warning seems
>to be mail won't download, outbound email gets stuck in the out box, because
>it can't be moved to the sent folder, so it gets sent over and over again.
>In that situation, a quick dump of the Deleted Items folder, and a purge of
>the Sent folder (use Shift-Delete to dump without going thru Deleted Items)
>give a short reprieve until a real cleanup can be done.
>
>Hope that helps.

It does.  Thanks again!

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tim boyer
tim{at}denmantire.com

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