Is the 2GB limit on Outlook real or an urban myth? An article in Guardian Weekend magazine said Outlook will fall over if the file size exceeds 2GB. Name withheld
Microsoft Outlook used to have a 2GB limit for mail folders (.pst files), as did many other programs based on 32-bit addressing - try [2GB limit] in Google. With Outlook 2003, Microsoft switched to Unicode and changed the default limit to 20GB, though it recommends not going beyond 18GB. See Microsoft Knowledge Base article ID 830336 for more.
