<snip> i'd be curious to know where you found the information about the upper limit on pst file size for outlook. </snip> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q288283& http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q296088& I'm an Outlook fan. But I had no idea of this problem until I lost 2GB of email from the last couple of years. It would be super easy to write code prompting me to archive stuff if the pst was nearing 2GB, I would think, but no such deal. I tried a handful of fixes, some from MS, and some from other people, and I never did get it back. Ever. Lesson learned. - Eric