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Outlook PST files

My Outlook file grew up to about 2 gigs so I figured I needed to do something. I archived all mail older than 6 months into a new PST file but that did not affect the size of my original PST. I tried the “compact” command in Outlook. No change. So, I set up a new PST file and manually moved all my mail from the original PST file to the new PST file. The result was a PST file under 800 megs. Quite a difference. Then I had to move over the RSS feeds. So, solution found… but I wonder why Outlook could not compress the original PST file. I’m not a fan of the single database file approach that Outlook uses to store mail but I love the interface and integration into OneNote which makes it hard to give up. That, and it syncs with my iPhone.