LKBEN10699: Howto Limit use of PST Files in Outlook 2003 / Outlook 2003 cannot be used in offline mode


Symptom

Mailbox cleanup wizard informs user about reached size limit, even if no size limit configured on mailbox on Exchange Server

Cause

Registry Key limits use of PST Files in Outlook 2003

Solution

By Design:

DWORD-Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\PST\PstDisableGrow=1

prevents Outlook 2003 from creating new items in a *.pst file.
In order not to interfere with offline mode, make sure that the MaxFileSize registry entry is not set.

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Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG

Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.