Dave,
I too have been experiencing "Out of Memory" (OOM) errors with Outlook 2007
BCM. Per your posting, unfortunately Windows 7 does not fix the problem.
Let me elaborate...
Originally installed on Windows XP with 2GB RAM, I began experiencing the
OOM errors shortly after Office SP2 was applied. Not making the connection
with SP2 however, I instead added more memory (4 GB RAM total) - to no avail.
As a Microsoft Partner having access to all of the software, I then thought
I would give Vista-32 a try - again to no avail. Adding an additional 4GB
RAM (8 GB RAM total), I now tried Vista-64 - same problem. Lastly, I
installed Windows 7 RC (64-bit) which is where I am today. The good news is
that Win7 seems to be a big improvement over Vista (much faster and slightly
more refined). The bad news is that I still have the OOM problem...
In addition to the above changes, I have also tried the following (to no
avail, either singularly or in total):
- Removed all non-BCM addins
- Flattened-out my mail store folder structure as much as possible
- Pruned my mail stores down to only two running concurrently (primary is
server-based and ~235MB; the other is a PST-based archive ~945MB)
What I have learned:
- If I run BCM with either my primary store by itself or my archive store by
itself - everything works. The instant I try running both simultaneously,
the OOM errors appear.
- The quantity and depth of Outlook folder structures appears to be at the
heart of the OOM problem - at least for me. As a test, I created two test
mail stores (one server-based, one PST-based) and into each, I imported all
my respective mail but with the folders completely removed (I instead relied
on tags/categories to search for mail). With this approach, voila! - the OOM
problem went away! Unfortunately, I'm not sure that I can live with a
completely folderless approach as my engineering-reinforced, OCD-like nature
mandates that there being some level of rudimentary navigational structure to
my mail!
Hope this helps!
Regards,
Lloyd C.
