The maximum PST size limit for different versions of MS Outlook

Size limits for different versions of Outlook:

• • Outlook 2002 and prior versions of Outlook allow you to store data only up to 2 GB of data.

  • Outlook 2003 and 2007 have the size limit of 20 GB.

  • Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013 & Outlook 2016 has file size limit up to 50 GB that can be increased or decreased by applying changes to the Windows registry settings.

Outlook 2013, 2010, & 2007: Block & Allow Email     

Blocking specific email addresses and domains are essential to controlling the amount of junk mail you get in Microsoft Outlook 2013, 2010, or 2007. You can add email addresses and domains to the block list by using the following steps.

Outlook 2013 and 2010 users select the “Home” menu, then select “Junk” > “Junk E-mail Options“. 

Outlook 2007 users select “Tools” > “Options“> “Preferences” > “E-mail” > “Junk E-mail“.

Outlook 2013 and 2010

How to Add an Address or Domain to Safe Senders in Outlook

• 1. Go to the Home tab.

  2. In the Delete group, select Junk.

  3. Select Junk E-mail Options.

  4. In the Junk Email Options dialog box, go to the Safe Senders tab.

  5. Select Add.

  6. In the Add address or domain dialog box, enter the email address or domain name you want to whitelist. ...

  7. Select OK.

How to Add a Sender to the Safe Senders List in Microsoft Outlook

Add known senders to the Safe Senders list to ensure that their email will not go to your Junk E-mail folder.

This feature works the same in all modern versions of Microsoft Outlook: 2010, 2013, and 2016.

• 1. On the Ribbon, from the Home tab, in the Delete group, select Junk.

• 1. From the drop-down list, select Junk E-mail Options.

• 1. Select the Safe Senders tab.

• 1. Click Add.

• 1. In the Add address or domain dialog box, type an email address or domain.

• 1. Click OK.

• 1. In the Junk E-mail Options dialog box, click Apply to save your changes. Emails from this sender will now be prevented from automatically going to your Junk E-mail folder.

In Outlook 2007, to manage junk mail and access the Blocked Senders list, select Tools and then select Options. Click the Junk E-mail button on the Preferences tab.

Scanpst.exe to repair Outlook data files

Scanpst (aka the Inbox Repair tool) is found in your Office installation folders, usually C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OfficeXX, where XX is your version of Office. In Vista and Windows 7 64-bit, the folder is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\OfficeXX.

Office 2010 Home & Business 'Click to Run' users: With Click to Run, Office is installed in a virtual space on the Q drive and you need to look for the path on the Q drive. If you aren't sure if you are using Click to Run, check File, Help in any Office 2010 application. More info on Click to Run is here.

To find the path on the Q drive, open Word and open the File, Save as dialog, choose 'all files' in the file type dialog and browse to Q:\<14####.lan>\Office14. Copy the Q path and paste it into the address bar of windows explorer.

In Outlook 2013 "Click to Run" versions, scanpst is under the root directory in the install path. Users can run it by pasting this path in the address bar of Windows Explorer.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\scanpst.exe

Open Scanpst.exe

On 32-bit Windows or with 64-bit Outlook, using the default installation locations, scanpst.exe is located at:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OfficeXX\scanpst.exe

On 64-bit Windows with 32-bit Outlook, scanpst.exe is at:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\OfficeXX\scanpst.exe

You can either use Windows search to find scanpst.exe or browse to it using Windows Explorer. We also offer the following shortcuts you can type or paste into into Start menu's search field or into the Run command (press Windows key + R to open the Run command).

Outlook 2013 Click to Run versions:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\scanpst.exe

Outlook 2013 32-bit on Windows 64-bit

%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office15\scanpst.exe

Outlook 2013:

%programfiles%\Microsoft Office\Office15\scanpst.exe

Outlook 2010 32-bit on Windows 64-bit

%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office14\scanpst.exe

Outlook 2010:

%programfiles%\Microsoft Office\Office14\scanpst.exe

Outlook 2007 on Windows 64-bit

%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office12\scanpst.exe

Outlook 2007:

%programfiles%\Microsoft Office\Office12\scanpst.exe

Outlook 2003 on Windows 64-bit

%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office11\scanpst.exe

Outlook 2003:

%programfiles%\Microsoft Office\Office11\scanpst.exe

Using Scanpst.exe

After scanpst opens, click Browse and browse to the location of the PST. Or paste the following line in the File name field and click Open. This will open the default PST location in the file browser.

%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

This path works in all versions of Windows if Outlook created the pst in the local application data path. If you moved the pst or Outlook 2010 created the pst file in My Documents, you'll need to click Browse.

Select your PST from the list (most people will have just one) click Open, then Start to begin testing the PST

When ScanPST is finished running the tests, a dialog reports the errors found. If you need to repair the PST, always make a backup.

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configure Gmail in Outlook 2007

Open Outlook 2007

If this is the first time you open Outlook 2007 since its install, a window will immediately pop up asking you to setup your email account. Click yes and proceed. Now you will only need to read this tutorial from here *

If this is not the first time you open Outlook 2007, no setup window will pop up.

To setup a new email account just click on Tools and select Accounts Settings like in the following picture: