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Old March 30th 07, 08:08 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general
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Default Limit in the num. of emails in a single Outlook folder

Is there a limit in the number of email that Outlook 2007 can contain
in a single folder?
If so, does that limit include all the email contained in its
subfolders too?

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Old March 30th 07, 09:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general
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Is there a limit in the number of email that Outlook 2007 can contain
in a single folder?


Every folder can contain at a minimum 64K items (size doesn't matter) and
the entire data store can contain at a minimum 20GB.
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Old March 31st 07, 02:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general
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Default Limit in the num. of emails in a single Outlook folder

If you use your folder list view, each folder you highlight will show a count
for you in the bottom left-hand corner of Outlook.
If you right-click on Outlook Today in the folder list, scroll to mailbox
properties, select the General Tab and click the Folder Size button. This
will show you not only your entire mailbox size but the size of each folder
as well.
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" wrote:

wrote:

Is there a limit in the number of email that Outlook 2007 can contain
in a single folder?


Every folder can contain at a minimum 64K items (size doesn't matter) and
the entire data store can contain at a minimum 20GB.
--
Brian Tillman


Minimum or maximum?

Anyway where can I find a counter of the number of email in a folder?


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Old March 31st 07, 02:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general
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Default Limit in the num. of emails in a single Outlook folder

the status bar should show the total count of visible items and you can see
subfolders (each counts as 1 item - contents of subfolders count only for
the folder) - published forms are on the Actions menu. Hidden items can't be
easily counted, except by looking at the folder with outlook spy and
counting them yourself. In most cases, you shouldn't have many hidden items
in folders other than the inbox.

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Is there a limit in the number of email that Outlook 2007 can contain
in a single folder?


Every folder can contain at a minimum 64K items (size doesn't matter) and
the entire data store can contain at a minimum 20GB.
--
Brian Tillman


Minimum or maximum?

Anyway where can I find a counter of the number of email in a folder?



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Old March 31st 07, 06:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general
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Default Limit in the num. of emails in a single Outlook folder

I just discovered that the inusability of my Outlook 2007 is by
design: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932086/en-us.

I still can't believe to my eyes to what Microsoft have done to
Outlook. I hope I'm dreaming.

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Old March 31st 07, 07:54 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general
Diane Poremsky [MVP]
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Default Limit in the num. of emails in a single Outlook folder

How large is your data file? did you create it using outlook 2007 or use one
created in an older version?

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ups.com...
I just discovered that the inusability of my Outlook 2007 is by
design:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932086/en-us.

I still can't believe to my eyes to what Microsoft have done to
Outlook. I hope I'm dreaming.



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Old March 31st 07, 02:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general
Diane Poremsky [MVP]
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Default Limit in the num. of emails in a single Outlook folder

2003 and 2007 with Unicode pst format support unlimited items per folder.
The max message store is 20 GB by default (controlled by a reg entry) - can
be increased.

ANSI (old pst format) is limited to 2 GB pst and no more than 64,000 items
per folder, depending on the version of outlook the pst was created in (can
be as low as 16,000 items)

items = messages, contacts etc, subfolders, published forms, hidden items.


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Is there a limit in the number of email that Outlook 2007 can contain
in a single folder?


Every folder can contain at a minimum 64K items (size doesn't matter) and
the entire data store can contain at a minimum 20GB.
--
Brian Tillman



 




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