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Outlook 2010-Attachments using Limited File Space?
I am using Windows 7 and Outlook 2010.
My Basic Question: Is an attachment to an email taking up space in the PST file itself? (or is it stored separately and "referenced" by the message?)
I like to keep my emails for many years past. Why not, except for the file size limits? In year past, using Windows XP and Outlook 2001, this caused my Outlook to crash when the PST file size hit its limit. It was a disaster and disrupted my life for weeks/months. I know the modern versions have more storage capacity, but I live in fear of another crash. Nowadays, exchanging photos, etc, can create individual emails of 2-10 megs each, which really add up.
Creating additional PST folders to split up the storage problem is a pain. I do it rarely and have to relearn it each time. It is also awkward to use so many buckets. I would much prefer to have all my stuff in one place.
To save space, I have developed a methodology of routinely deleting large attachments, but first manually storing them in separate places (not in PST files), and leaving a message within the email saying the name of each attachment (so I can find it if I want to). This collapses the email size to KBs instead of MBs, but it is quite time consuming and awkward to say the least. At least it buys me confidence.
There are some synching solutions offered, but they seem complex and open other problems. Do I really have to go there?
Is there an easier answer to my problem?