The root of your issue seems to be that you're creating a new PST (Personal
Folders file) each time as opposed to managing the one you've got. You
should try archiving info out of your mail folders to another PST file to
keep the size of your main one down to a reasonable size. Have you ever
tried configuring auto-archiving?

"outlooking in los angeles"
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I am using Outlook 2003, Windows XP pro. I just created a new inbox
because
my old one was over 2 gigs and starting to have some issues. When I
created
the new inbox, one of my contacts files (with many distribution lists)
disappeared. I have several inboxes from different years and I keep them
because I have many distribution lists. Unfortunately, each time I create
a
new inbox, a new contacts file is also created so it gets confusing when I
try to find distribution lists to send out mass emails. The main problem
is
finding the missing distribution lists that are contained in the missing
contacts file. Secondary to that, is managing all of the contacts files.
There are thousands of addresses and hundreds of groups. Help!