> I was having a discussion with someone the other day and he > mentioned this > phrase in passing, that they used PST files when user > mailboxes became full
Probably auto-archiving, though it possible he menat using File/Export to a .pst, then deleting the contents of the account. > I didn't dwell on this as we were talking about something > else, but can > anyone suggest what he may have meant? We are now enforcing > stricter limits > on mailbox size and would be interested in something like this. > > For ongoing maintenance, is Outlooks Autoarchiving a viable > solution? i.e. > does this move mail out of the server information store and > into a PST in > the users local profile? There are good reasons to avoid using .pst files. Notably, that they can get unstable (especially >1Gb) and you are saving the data off of your Exchange server, so you won't know where it is when you have to perform an emergency backup. (See the FAQ for more reasons why pst = BAD) It sounds to me that you need to up the storage limits for particular users, which - from a technical, rather than a political, perspective - probably isn't much of an issue. However, I'd advise using some kind of charging mechanism - if a user wants extra storage they have to pay for it. This should hopefully encourage your users to perform some rudimentary housekeeping and keep the number of claimants down to "legitimate" levels. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
