Search Folders and Mailbox Quota
A user asks: Although search folders in outlook 2003 are virtual folders don't they still take up space and count as part of the overall inbox folder size? We have a 80mb quota on inbox size for users so can't these search folders become quite large and take up some space?
No, a Search folder should not appreciably affect available mailbox space; in most cases, it uses less storage space than a message. As you noted, they are virtual folders and as such, don't keep a copy of the message in the folder, just a pointer to the message in the Inbox or other folder. After 7 days of non-use, the index and pointers are gone until you use that folder again.
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