IMHO, using a mailbox for data storage is bad practice because data files are departmental, and belong on a file server in a departmental data directory that's permanent and is designed for data storage.
Mailboxes are personal, and are usually deleted when the user leaves. ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 1:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange archiving I have no idea why that question would be relevant. I am really just playing devil's advocate and I don't have the big company issues that Don has at safeway. But why isn't an e-mail system a file transfer and storage system? Especially if that is what the market wants. This isn't Sendmail and it isn't 1995. We expect 6 and 8 TB drives by 2013. ________________________________ From: "Campbell, Rob" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 10:57 AM To: "MS-Exchange Admin Issues" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Exchange archiving I've got users that do that. I ask them if they have a file cabinet mounted on a post at the end of their driveway. ________________________________ From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 12:21 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange archiving Here, it is both a file transfer system and a storage system accessed through a PIM portal (Outlook in most cases). From: Don Andrews [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:24 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange archiving We tell 'em - save the attachment, delete the email - email is not a file transfer system nor a file storage system. ________________________________ From: Louis, Joe [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 6:24 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange archiving Least it's not "forever" /snicker ************************************************************************************************** Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. ************************************************************************************************** ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
