My users sometimes encounter this bug of MS Outlook (q296088). When its PST file grows over 2 Gb, you can only truncate file by PST2GB utility of MS. This process takes plenty of time and really it is strange for sysadmin to solve problems this way.

Does anybody know any smart workaround? Users want to have all letters available (so i can't use 'Archive' option), and we do not have Exchange server. It is just local PST file.

Hmm...Outlook 2003 takes it beyond the 2GB barrier and improves the handling of PST files for less corruption, but I'm sure you're probably don't want a huge, expensive upgrade. So far, though, that's all I've been able to find.

I had the same issue back in the day and came up with a solution:

Because of the 2 GB limitiation for an individual .pst file within Outlook which often comprises all of the Mailbox and subfolders, the workaround/fix using the limits I found were:

1. Create individual .PST files per Outlook folder/box. What you are in effect doing is now giving each individual folder/box its own 2GB limit within the Mailbox.

2. You have also have the oppertunity to set this to happen on any set interval you see fit so that at any given time, you can export the latest information into the appropriate .PST file and burn them -- transport them--- do what you like with the files.

That worked for me in my situations both on and off an Exchange Server running Outlook XP and backwards.

Good luck.

Thanks to all.

I will migrate to Office 2003, i guess.

"Migrate"? Lol! Sounds like you got some close experience with Microsoft. That's the term we were taught when I worked at MSN We were also told that it means "forced upgrade", which is not always a bad thing (except when it costs money ). You could say that you must "migrate" to DirectX 9 so you can play Half Life 2.

Microsoft is pain of my life. )

The word "migrate" comes from time when i configured my AD ...