Yes. Then teach the guy something about email management. And don't let him tell you he needs it all....
-----Original Message----- From: Daniel Chenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 10:45 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: PST=BAD Yes. Divide and conquer. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Brasslett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 12:07 PM Subject: PST=BAD > I thought I would never have to actually post a PST question as I know > PST=BAD. But I have been asked to help a subcontractor of ours with his > Outlook woes. He has been storing his emails in a PST. Apparently, they > don't have an exchange server so PST was their only option. > > He is complaining that he is losing emails and Outlook is very slow. Turns > out the guy has a 1.9GB PST file! I quickly pointed out to him that a PST > of over 1.0GB is considered unstable and prone to corruption and that > Outlook will no longer work once his PST reaches 2.0GB. > > Long term solution (2 months?) would be to provide him access to our > Exchange resources with a VPN tunnel and store his emails there. > > So for a short term solution (until I can get the tunnel setup) I could > break up his PST into multiple smaller PST files (around 500MB each). Do > you believe that multiple smaller PST files (all opened in Outlook at the > same time) would be more stable than one 1.9GB PST? Is this a good short > term solution? I am open to other suggestions. OWA access is currently not > feasible for various reasons. > > TIA, > > Aaron > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
