PST files are not supported on a network drive so I would not move them to the home drives.
Keeping them on a thumb drive is not very secure and no backup. They are to easy to misplace. I would either go with a terminal server or switch to IMAP. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Bob Muzzy <[email protected]> wrote: > Some options that come to mind include: > > switch to web-based email > > see if you can upgrade to imap vs pop > > move the .pst file to the users' home drive on a central server > > move the .pst file to a usb thumb drive the users take with themselves > everywhere > > the appropriateness of any suggestion will depend in part on your > budget, the size of the .pst files, & features of "network solution mail > server". > > -blm > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:02 AM > To: Active Directory Admin Issues > Subject: Suggestions in using roaming profiles > > Hi Everyone: > > i currently have 10 employees that are using outlook in 3 multiple > locations. We currently don't have roaming profiles implemented which is > why when the sign in another location they dont see their updated emails > and use a local pst that is on that machine. I need to come up with a > strategy where all these 10 employee can log into any windows XP > machines across all 3 sites and alot of times they don't have a > dedicated machine at either sites . Now here is the dilemma we don't > have an exchange server we use outlook with POP connectivity to network > solution mail server. We also use mix of LDAP and personal address > books. We do have two DC's out of the 3 sites. One of the Dc's is 2000 > and the other 2003.. The connection between site A and Site B is T1 1MB > and the connection between site B and site C is 10 MB. Traffic that > needs to get from C to A is routed through B first. With all of the > above information what would be the most effecient plan? > > ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK > Test! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=400> ~ > > ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=400> ~ > > ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=400> ~
