Google Apps Sync bloated PST file to 14GB
- by James S
Back story:
I have Outlook connected to my Google Apps email and noticed that some mail never got migrated from my original PST file. I found some VBA code online that compares mail in different PST folders, modified it to find missing and copy those to the target folder. I ran it folder by folder and moved missing mail. Before the exercise the Google Apps PST was about ~4GB and after it was ~4.7GB.
Problem:
I left Outlook open so Google Sync can copy it online. 24 hours later the Google Apps PST file bloated to 14GB+ and none of the mail has been synced to the cloud. I know that there should be at most ~5GB of mail. Why is the rest of the space being taken up? Funny thing is Gmail shows 3GB as being used online.
What I tried:
I emptied the deleted items folder and recycling bin
I've run Outlook compact PST and it didn't work.
I tried SCANPST.exe on the PST and it didn't work.
I re-ran compact PST and it didn't work (after SCANPST found and fixed a few errors)
Any ideas out there on what caused the problem and how to solve it?