Right. I only allow PST files on a network share if they are archive PSTs, not PST files being used as an active mail store.
It's still possible one of those will get corrupted but 1) We have them backed up, that's one reason they're on the share; and 2) They're archives and in the unlikely event we actually lose one it's not the end of the world. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer ______________________________________________ Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com [email protected] Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bschorr Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rolandschorr > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 02:05 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Outlook strangeness > > And, PST's are technical unsupported when running from a LAN share. > > Lots of places do it, but it can, and has, caused problems... > particularly if connectivity has caused the workstation to lose connection to the > PST while open... > > -sc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ben Schorr [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 2:44 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Outlook strangeness > > > > 1.5GB *SHOULD* be o.k., but that 2GB ceiling isn't a hard and fast > limit. I've > > seen PST files corrupt even at 1.8GB. > > > > Ben M. Schorr > > Chief Executive Officer > > Roland Schorr & Tower > > www.rolandschorr.com / www.officeforlawyers.com > > Member: American Bar Association - 01473703 > > Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007: > > http://tinyurl.com/ol4law-amazon > > Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Word 2007: > > http://tinyurl.com/abaword2007 > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 10:36 > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > Subject: Re: Outlook strangeness > > > > > > On Tue April 6 2010, you wrote: > > > > > > > > Did you check the size of the PST? Outlook 2000 gets very unhappy > > > > when the PST approaches 2gb. > > > > > > > > Outlook 2003 & 2007 no longer have the 2gb limit. Not sure about > > > > Outlook XP. > > > > > > > Yep. It was 1.5 Gig (roughly) so we still had some time to go. As a > > precaution I did > > > create a new PST and redirected her new emails to it, while leaving > > the old one > > > for "archival" purposes. > > > > > > -- > > > Thanks, > > > John Aldrich > > > Blueridge Industries > > > IT Manager > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
