Sigh - it is not a folder structure, it is a database. That is why the
storage file is called a Personal Storage TABLE (.pst) - as in an Access
database table or SQL database table.

You are welcome to make any type of assumption about how Outlook works or
should work, but only the definition of the designers will apply.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Prof Wonmug asked:

| On Thu, 6 May 2010 07:20:43 +0100, "Gordon"
| wrote:
|
||
|| "Prof Wonmug" wrote in message
|| ...
||| This has nothing whatsoever to do with anything. The actual storage
||| structure is a nerdy, engineering detail. Outlook makes it look
||| like a tree structure, so it should treat it like a tree structure.
|||
||| This is a design defect -- just one of many.
||
|| The problem is, it ISN'T a tree structure. It's a database with
|| labels (AFAIK)...that's why ALL Outlook data is included in ONE
|| file. The "folder" names are just pointers or labels...they don't
|| physically exist like folders in Windows explorer.
|
| Please reread the statement you quoted.
|
| The internal structure is irrelevant. It is displayed on the screen as
| a tree structure so it should be treated as a tree structure.