Comments on: Error while archiving folders http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/error-while-archiving-folders/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:19:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: macgyver22 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/error-while-archiving-folders/#comment-37657 macgyver22 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:51:36 +0000 #comment-37657 Thanks for the replies. PDMeat’s reply may have some merit to it. I also read somewhere that pst files (which is where archived emails go) starts to act strangely once they hit the 2GB size limit. I was trying to archive to a pst file which already has a 1.8GB size when I got the error message. Anyway, I tried to run the archive again using a new pst file and it worked without a problem.

]]> By: pdmeat http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/error-while-archiving-folders/#comment-37658 pdmeat Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:52:52 +0000 #comment-37658 It’s not exactly well circulated that Outlook or exchange (I forgot which) has a limit where no more than 4000 items can be worked with (moved, copied, deleted, etc) at one time. You will get precisely the error you describe if you select say 5000 messages and try and archive them. I think their may also be a size limit in mb but I forget if that’s true. Just take smaller bites and it’ll work…

I usually sort messages by message size in descending order and start moving the biggest messages first to free up space. Messages without attachments don’t usually go much beyond 4k unless its a rather long email or has embedded pictures, etc.

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