Well, I guess my original subject line (Ludicrous) was right on track. This
request obviously came from our users with total lack of understanding as to
what would be required to pull such a task off. I told them I would ask
though...
Perhaps the best course of action would be warning our students before they
hit their quota, then warning them if they don't take immediate steps to
clean their messages, the system will automatically purge them all. Bet
that would get them to clean their messages out on a regular basis! <g>
Thanks for the input...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] A Ludicrous Question From Our Users...
Mixed in below are the ways I think you could do this BUT if disk $$$ is
unlimited then why worry about it
Now my personal opinion agrees with the subject line: "LUDICROUS" then ask
what the committee has been drinking lately
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Malone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 12:15 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] A Ludicrous Question From Our Users...
> Just burn the idiots mail box and save yourself a lump on the head..
>
> At 06:56 PM 4/25/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >Okay guys... I need some expert input here.
> >
> >Scenerio: Students neglect their email accounts (quotas), and messages
are
> >not delivered to them. Faculity do NOT want quotas in place, ~nor~
> >automated "Time Retension" cycles purging messages after X number of
days.
> >$$$ says that storage space will never be unlimited...
> >
> >Here is their request. Does anyone have any solid ideas for this? It is
> >virutally impossible with any software I've ever encountered.
> >--- Faculty Committee Request ---
> >
> >Could full mailboxes be dumped into archive and restored to the user for
a
> >fee?
Simple batch file could be set to run at X time to look for and backup to
archive. I just saw in KB a program built into Imail to look for X size
mailboxes. Also if you really want to get creative you could create an ASP
script to handle this. The file that contains the actual emails is readable
in notepad/wordpad and contains every single email in the box
> >
> >The restoration could amount to providing a zip disk with the files if
the
> >user wishes to retrieve them.
> >
> >1. Set a limited amount of space,
Can be done inside of Imail based on a given domain, you can set to
individual users but with a few thousands users this can be a huge task all
by itself. Maybe creating a virtual host (IP less) for the Faculty and keep
the students where they are and limit their boxes
> >
> >2. an automatic series of warnings as the space limit is approached
See answer to "Could full mailboxes be dumped into archive and restored to
the user for a
fee?"
> >
> >3. if files are not removed from the server archive the oldest mail until
> >1/2 user space quota has been freed.
May not be possible since all emails are contained in one large file
> >
> >4. if the user requests and pays the fee provide backup copy of files.
The
> >fee should pay for the media needed to hold the files, and the labor
> >involved in the transfer.
Sounds good to me. Bet this gets them to download more often
> >
> >5. it would be understood from the onset that the back-up retrieval is
done
> >one day per week and fees must be paid in advance. If a fee has not been
> >paid the user will have to wait until the next week.
Again bet this gets them to download more often
> >
> >
> >
> >
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