> > You can create individual PSTs from each user > > Not for 1400 users I won't
Ahhh, the idea of scripting an IMAP export is sounding promising then.. Nick R mentioned it, and I've done a bit of mucking around with the PHP Imap tools for this when I was looking at replacing our exchange box.. As long as you exclude the calendar, journal and contacts folders that appear under the imap connection you can xfer mail at a few hundred messages a minute from exchange to another IMAP box.. Replicate the folders then fill em. > Only about 12 staff have their own computer - the rest are all shared. > So the old business idea of "One Person One Computer" just does not > work. Roaming profiles must still be an option though? Win 98 clients? > Outlook on P75s with 32 Mb ram? That would be like expecting Jamie > Olliver to make a cullinary masterpiece using a Macdonalds kitchen. They must be webmail users? Or they are very stressed users :-). > Yes - but schools don't have much money.... and decent backup packages > cost a lot. We're still using NT4 server cos its too much to change to > anything else. Indeed - my four linux boxes are backed up using > home-grown scripts. Fair comment, the cheapest option for brick-level is probably Brightstore Arcserve at about $3k a site license... All of this looks like the CLUG geeks should get together and find a mail server solution for Avonside Girls... Anyone feel like slaving over a hot keyboard to generate some good press for our cause, so to speak? Cheers, Chris H.
