On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Greg J. Zartman wrote:

> > I'm with you on that, Greg. The big killer is when what should be data
> > files become part of the profile, rather than just per-user configuration
> > information. Outlook mailboxes comes to mind.
> Yes, the outlooks .pst file is the major reason profiles in my office grow
> so large.  Our company policy is to save ALL email message (I hate it.).
> Remove this beast from the profiles tree and you have a profile that isn't
> to bad to pull across a network at boot-up.   The problem with this is you
> don't bring your email messages and address book with you when you play
> musical workstations.. 

That's what IMAP and LDAP are for. And besides, people have home 
directories accessible from any workstation - why do they need local 
copies?

> If someone out there has a magical receipt for making this all work without
> having to go drink six cups of coffee while my profile loads up, I'm all
> ears...

Don't use LookOut!, for starters. And use IMAP, wherever you can.

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