There are a few things to watch out for with >2gig mailboxes. 1- (as you found out) Exmerge cannot make a PST that big (you can run exmerge and export folder by folder if they are <2g)
2- You CANNOT use offline folders (OST files) as they have the same 2G limit. 2- You CANNOT use "cached" mode in Outlook 2003 if your server mailbox is >2g and your server is Exchange 5.5. If you have exchange 200x, you can use the new "unicode PST" mode in Outlook 2003 which does allow >2G in your offline file. Tom -----Original Message----- From: Mike Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 11:31 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: When is a mailbox officially "too big"? Hello, Our 2 principles in our company, now have mailboxes that are over 2 Gigs in size EACH. Is it irresponsible of me, to let this go on? I mean, the likelihood of a crash, and dealing with these singularly gargantuan mail files - should I maybe create different (or additional) message stores, rather than folders - in order to categorize their e-mail? Then just give them access to the stores, so they all appear inside their Outlook - which will allow them to grow larger separately (using rules, etc. to stick particular types of e-mails into the proper folders). OR is this not a big deal, because Exchange handles the mail store so well (knock on wood). I would love to hear your input regarding the topic. 2 Gigs seems excessive - AND another thing I can no longer run is EXMERGE - because you can't break the 2 Gig .PST barrier. That's another thing I always liked doing, for nice clean archives - is running EXMERGE and generating individual .PST files for each of our users mailboxes. It's cool, because if a user ever wanted to get up and running IMMEDIATELY (after a crash), I could simply copy their latest .PST file to their local machine, and they can at least get most of their mail, while I am busy restoring the server. Thanks for your input, Mike _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
