Hi Adam, We do not back up any of the PC's,(about 300), Users work from and save to 1 of many file servers for their normal daily work, however the majority of them are currently on POP email and that being stored on the local pc, I have no control over it, So I am in the process of changing them to IMAP, so at least I can backup their mail, as Email has become a vital business tool for us, and the need to safegaurd users email is becoming a concern for me.
Granted the disk space need is going to be huge and will only get bigger, currently my server is a Dell power edge 2600 with 1.5Gb ram, Dual 3.0 Ghz Xeon, with 145 Gb disk space, I am about to add 2 x 146 Gb disk to it to increase the available space in readiness to move more of my pop users to Imap. I am running Imail 8.22 (eagerly awaiting the next patch to 2006) with ASSP as my anti spam software. Gordon. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Adam Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:19:52 -0500 >I check weekly for any PC that is not backed up. I set the auto-archive >option in Outlook to run quietly, so it should prevent the 2GB limit >from being reached. > >I've thought about having my users use IMAP and that a lot of space >would be required. What is your current IMAP server's specs? > >adamc > >Gordon Waters wrote: >> Thanks Dave >> >> I am facing the opposite situation - I am in a corporate environment, >> and having that much email on a users local PC, that is not backed up or >> lost if the PC crashes. At least with the IMAP accounts, I can backup it >> up. >> >> Gordon. >> >> >> Dave Doherty wrote: >>> I don't know of any hard limits, but I had the same observation >>> running IMAP on a large account. It does help to break the mail up >>> into a number of folders because each folder has its own file. >>> >>> Having said that, the main issue for me is a security concern - >>> keeping that much material on a publicly accessible server. That's the >>> main reason I switched back to POP myself after several years using IMAP. >>> >>> -d >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Waters" >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 7:15 PM >>> Subject: [IMail Forum] Imail mail box size limit >>> >>> >>>> Hi Imail fans, >>>> >>>> I have a couple of IMAP mailboxes that are 2.1Gb in size (yes I know >>>> way to big), some of my users are using Outlook express to access >>>> there imap account (on a local LAN), and OE is starting to have an >>>> issue reading the BIG mailbox. >>>> >>>> I am in the process of pruning / deleting / moving messages from that >>>> mail box, But does OE or IMAP have a mailbox size limit that it can >>>> work with. >>>> >>>> Im running Imail 8.22 on a W2k server formated with NTFS >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Gordon >>>> Canberra, Australia >>>> >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >>>> List Archive: >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >>>> Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >>> List Archive: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >>> Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >> >To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
