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i agree and have comminucated this to the user in many of our previous emails. I am unsure how to properly communicate this to the user in a way that can move forward with an archiving solution. Thanks for the response
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i agree and have comminucated this to the user in many of our previous emails. I am unsure how to properly communicate this to the user in a way that can move forward with an archiving solution. Thanks for the response

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I wish I could help on communicating it to the user convincingly but I encounter the same resistance on many occasions. &nbsp; The best I can say is Outlook 2007 does have archiving built-in where it can offload items from the OST to a separate local PST file. &nbsp;It's not hard to use and it just makes a separate folder under the user's inbox. &nbsp;They can still find their items that way. &nbsp;But still, the 2 GB limit applies even to archive PSTs. &nbsp;Not sure if it's possible to have multiple archives.
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I wish I could help on communicating it to the user convincingly but I encounter the same resistance on many occasions.   The best I can say is Outlook 2007 does have archiving built-in where it can offload items from the OST to a separate local PST file.  It's not hard to use and it just makes a separate folder under the user's inbox.  They can still find their items that way.  But still, the 2 GB limit applies even to archive PSTs.  Not sure if it's possible to have multiple archives.

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thanks for all the replies.
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The scenario is the user has a desktop at home with outlook 2007. The .ost file is 8.16 gb. I have advised the user that outlook will be slow/sluggish when the .ost file is that big. Any help/suggestions are welcome.<br />
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Thanks in advance.
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The scenario is the user has a desktop at home with outlook 2007. The .ost file is 8.16 gb. I have advised the user that outlook will be slow/sluggish when the .ost file is that big. Any help/suggestions are welcome.

Thanks in advance.

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