by Michael B. Smith
MCSE/Exchange MVP
Way back in the dark ages, when Exchange Server was originally
released, every Exchange database had a limit of 16 GB. That
didn't last long. By Exchange 5.5, Microsoft had split the
Exchange product into a Standard Edition and an Enterprise
Edition. The Standard Edition retained the 16 GB limit, but the
Enterprise Edition could have databases of any size. Of course,
the practicality of this was limited by the speed of backup and
recovery available and the SLAs (Service Level Agreements) that
an IT organization had with its customers.
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Every now and again someone asks about the "Outlook is in
Recovery Mode" error. This error comes up for cached (or
offline) users after the administrator recovers a mailbox or
does other maintenance work on the mailbox stores and gives the
user the option to continue, work offline or cancel. When the
user selects continue, Outlook loads ok and all seems well, but
the message keeps popping up until the problem is addressed.
This error means Outlook detected differences between the cached
copy of the mailbox stored on the local computer and the copy
that is stored on the Exchange server. The solution is to start
Outlook in online mode (by disabling cached mode) then quit
Outlook and re-enable cached mode.
Question: When I deselect calendars in Outlook, the calendar
name in the Title bar (and on the task bar button) continues to
show the deselected calendar's name.
Answer: You don't mention which version and the exact behavior
varies between Outlook 2003 and 2007. Generally speaking, the
last calendar selected populates the title bar and you need to
refresh the view by going to another module and coming back to
the calendar to change the displayed name.
In Outlook 2003, it's the last calendar selected in your default
mailbox. If the calendars in your mailbox are unchecked, then
it's the last calendar selected. Outlook 2007 uses the last
calendar selected, regardless of where its stored.
You can control what Outlook does after moving or deleting a
message. Go to Tools, Options, Preferences tab, Email Options.
At the top is the option "After moving or deleting an open item"
with choices to open the previous item, open the next item or
return to the Inbox.
While the dialog says "open items" the setting also applies to
items selected in the message lists. You can use this setting to
control whether you move up or down the message list as you
delete items.
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