From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: March 12, 2006
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: I archved, why didn't the pst shrink?
>
> Leo,
> --------------
> I recently did the first archive on my wife's outlook file.
> The archive.pst file was over 300mb. However, the outlook.pst
> file was hardly reduced at all.
>
> Any ideas as to why that would be?
>
> PS deleted items have been removed as well.
You may find that over time, it will. Outlook should start
compacting the PST in the background as you continie to use
it.
Alternately, you can force compaction.
If you follow the steps in this article:
http://ask-leo.com/where_is_my_outlook_pst_file_located.html)
At the end you'll see there's a "Compact Now" button.
Thanks for asking,
Leo