"p" wrote in message ...
neo [mvp outlook] wrote:
It does work on all folders, you just have to turn it on for the folders
in the PST. For example, right click on a folder and select properties.
Go to the archive tab to set your preference.

Since you are using Outlook 2003, have you considered using unicode
rather than ansi type PST files? Reason I ask is that the new unicode
PST file allows a size up to 20GBytes. To see if you have both types
available to you, select File New Outlook data file. You should see
two entries here. The first one (Office Outlook Personal Folders File)
is the one that can allow up to 20GBytes of data. The second one
(Outlook 97/2002 Personal Folders) is the one that is limited to 2.0
GBytes.

Might be worth the effort to create a new PST file and move the items
from the old PST to the new.


Doesn't Outlook 2003 come with the unicode one by default?

P

"James Truelove" wrote in message
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Hi All

I use Outlook 2003 at work and my .pst file is on a LAN server personal
folder so I can access my .pst file from whatever conference room I am
having a meeting in. I created a personal folder with subfolders so I
can save my emails in individual folders dedicated to a particular
subject. Outlook occasionally tells me my .pst file has grown too big
(1.9 Gig) and I have to delete some emails with shift/delete before I
can move any more emails from my inbox.

I have considered archiving old emails but the automatic archiving only
seems to work in the inbox not the personal folders?

Can anyone suggest anything? Any help would be appreciated.

James


I upgraded from Outlook 2002 to Outlook 2003 a few months ago so I guess I
was stuck with the older 2gig limit on my existing .pst file. I will create
a new 2003 data file and move my existing email folders over as suggested by
neo.
James