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Software => Computer software => Topic started by: gayanwicke on December 03, 2007, 06:00:24 AM

Title: [b]maximum storage capacity of a inbox in outlook express 6[/b]
Post by: gayanwicke on December 03, 2007, 06:00:24 AM

Hai Friends,

I want to know what is the maximum storage capacity of a inbox in outlook express 6. And if the inbox gets filled with mail how to store the new mails which are yet to download the mails from the server to the inbox without deleting the old mails. Please help me in this issue.

Regards

Gayan Wickramarathne

Title: Re: [b]maximum storage capacity of a inbox in outlook express 6[/b]
Post by: quaxo on December 03, 2007, 07:05:14 AM

As far as I know, Outlook mail storage is limited only by hard drive space.

You can export old mail messages into a Personal Folder File (File -> Export). You can then save this file onto a CD or DVD for storage. You can browse the Personal Folder File by choosing open from the file menu and opening the backup file you created. After the backup is created, you can delete the old mails freeing up hard drive space.

Title: Re: [b]maximum storage capacity of a inbox in outlook express 6[/b]
Post by: soybean on December 03, 2007, 10:23:41 AM

quaxo, your comments pertain to Outlook, not Outlook Express. 

Per this reference (http://discussions.virtualdr.com/showthread.php?t=197616), "The maximum file size of the .dbx files that are used by Outlook Express is 2 gigabytes (GB)." 

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... if the inbox gets filled with mail how to store the new mails which are yet to download the mails from the server to the inbox without deleting the old mails.

Easy.  Just move messages out of your Inbox into other folders.  I have over 200 folders in OE and make heavy use of Message Rules to automatically send mail from certain senders into specific folders.  That really helps in preventing massive clutter in the Inbox.

Title: Re: [b]maximum storage capacity of a inbox in outlook express 6[/b]
Post by: quaxo on December 03, 2007, 08:30:08 PM

Ah yeah, my mistake.

Title: Re: [b]maximum storage capacity of a inbox in outlook express 6[/b]
Post by: lijibals on July 16, 2009, 05:04:19 AM

The Max. Storage Capacity if *.dbx (Inbox) is 2GB. If exceeded teh limit, inbox will not display any messages. but if u notice the DBX file size, that will be showing morethan 2GB.

Title: Re: [b]maximum storage capacity of a inbox in outlook express 6[/b]
Post by: quaxo on July 16, 2009, 11:13:00 AM

Eh, this is a year and a half old....

Title: Re: [b]maximum storage capacity of a inbox in outlook express 6[/b]
Post by: patio on July 17, 2009, 07:26:08 PM

So am I ....