I am trying to clear us some apparent discrepancies of what I am seeing in Outlook 2013 clients connecting to an Exchange 2013 mail server.
On the Outlook 2013 client - from File - Mailbox cleanup - there is a bar graph on the client in question that shows: 155 MB free of 20 GB
First off - I thought the default file size limit of PST or OST file size for Outlook 2013 was 50 GB - so not sure why it seems to be indicating a 20 GB limit?
Is the limit inherited from the Exchange server? If I go to this mailbox in EAC and look at mailbox usage - right now the quota is specified as unlimited (whether unlimited is a good idea or not is another matter). The radio box is selected for Customize the quota settings for this mailbox. Issue a warning at (GB) is specified as - unlimited.
In EAC for this mailbox in question - in mailbox usage - it shows 8.39 GB used.
If I go back to Outlook and look at the account settings - Data Files - and then look at the OST (at the file location on the local machine) - it shows it as 28 GB.
So - I have several things that don't seem to add up:
1) Why does the Mailbox Cleanup indicator in Outlook show 155 MB free of 20 GB? And - do I care?
2) Where is the 20 GB limit coming from if the limit for Outlook 2013 is 50 GB and the quota on the mailbox in OWA is unlimited?
3) If there in fact is a limit of 20 GB - why is the OST 28 GB?
4) Does it make sense that the OST is 28 GB but the EAC shows this mailbox is using 8.39 GB?