Outlook and .PSTs

[Will K.]

Hi all

How does Outlook (2000) work with PSTs as to memory utilization? When
I open a PST file through Outlook does it load the whole file into
memory or does it just load message headers or a portion of the whole
file?

I mean, if I open a 200 MB PST file over the network with Outlook, am
I actually transferring 200MB of data to my PC's memory?

Where can I find a technical document that explains what happens??

Thank you!!!

Will

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

It opens the whole file. Can't be more precise, sorry. MS doesn't support
accessing a PST file over a network connection - it will definitely give you
performance problems, and very likely data corruption. Keep PSTs local -
make backups or copy the file to the network at night for centralized
backups.

 

[Richard Gurney]

Is there a sensible way to create a PST file on CD even
if this is a write once option. (I have managed to create
a small PST on a floppy but not tried anything else)
As an extension of this is it possible to create
succesive different named PST files on the same CD.
The aim is to have a large number of e mail available
whilst not taking up space on a laptop's internal drive
nor space on the networked shared area
thanks
Richard

 

[Gordon]

Is there a sensible way to create a PST file on CD even
if this is a write once option. (I have managed to create
a small PST on a floppy but not tried anything else)
As an extension of this is it possible to create
succesive different named PST files on the same CD.
The aim is to have a large number of e mail available
whilst not taking up space on a laptop's internal drive
nor space on the networked shared area
thanks
Richard

You can't access pst files on a CD. Not even if it's been formatted for drag
and drop AFAIK......