I suspect that his concern is that in their zeal to delete archived messages they might inadverently click their way over to a live folder (from the Archive folder) and start deleting things there too.
Aloha, -Ben- Ben M. Schorr, MVP-Outlook, CNA, MCPx3 Director of Information Services Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert http://www.hawaiilawyer.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 8:11 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: Best way to open PST offline > > > Yer a dope. > > There is a difference between .pst files and .ost files. > > PST files are personal archive folders. OST files are an > offline store of the mailbox in question. > > If you want to have users clean up their PST files, add the > .pst to their profile and have them do it. They can't delete > anything from the server by removing it from a .pst file. > > If you are in fact using a .ost file and have it configured > correctly, then close the Outlook client, unplug the network > connection, restart Outlook and choose the "Work Offline" option. > > Case closed. > > > I have users that need to delete E-mail from archived PST's. But to > > ensure that they do not delete messages from Exchnage server I want > > them to do this offline. I know what I am going to hear, train the > > users. And I swear I have, I had a staff member do a entire PP > > presenation on it and man were they confused. So this is plan "B". > > I though I could just have the users open .pst by > doubleclicking the file > > then selecting Outlook asd the program to open this with. > > But no that would be too easy. And having the users select > File --> Work > > Offline, but from my understanding that will still allow > users to delete > > current messages. > > > > Thank you much, > > * As always > > > > - John Q > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
