Microsoft Outlook mailbox grows in size exponentially as more and more items are created or received each day. Even if you delete items from various folders in your PST file, you may not experience significant reduce in the file size. There are several ways using which you can manage the size of your mailbox. You can compact your PST file using 'Data File Management' in MS Outlook. Each version of Outlook has a predefined size limit for the PST file. Only up to that limit, you can receive e-mails in it. As soon as this size limit is crossed, the Outlook data file becomes susceptible to corruption. As a consequence, you might encounter significant data loss. In order to avoid such issues, you need to opt for a Split PST software.
Consider a practical scenario, wherein you fail to delete an e-mail message in Outlook 2002. In addition, you receive the following error message on your screen:
''Mailbox.pst is too large.''
Cause:
The primary reason for the occurrence of the above error is the exceeding size limit of Outlook PST file. MS Outlook 2002 has a size limit of 2 GB which when crossed creates an issue like as stated above.
In case you encounter data loss, you can restore all data using an updated backup.
Solution:
For solving the above error, you need to decrease the size of your PST file, which can be done using the oversized PST and OST crop tool. This tool is used to create a truncated copy of the PST file. But the copy of Outlook PST file that is left after truncation does not contain all data.
A more effective way is to use a third-party tool to split large PST file into separate files. The software market today is flooded with a range of advanced split PST software. These software employ a rich set of user-friendly features to make the process comparatively facile and effortless. They require no prior technical expertise and are capable of splitting multiple PST files simultaneously.
PST File Splitter by Stellar is a user-friendly tool that is mainly used to split PST file into smaller ones. It divides the PST file on the basis of e-mail ids, date, and size. The tool employs risk-free algorithms. Also provides a 'Live update' feature to allow installing all latest software updates. It can be installed on Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000 operating systems.
