It may be in another pst file, but Outlook doesn't have to work with the large pst every time a message comes in. The only time the large pst will have to be worked with is when messages are archived.
Bill >---------- >From: Rob Arends[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 8:41 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [xmail] Re: imap ? or something relevant ? > > >Spyros, > >Investigate Outlook's Archive feature - I think it will do what you want - >maintain pst file sizes. >Unfortunately, it archives to another pst file, so all you really have done >is split it into two files. >At least you can save that pst to a CD and they can have their 'archives' >off line. > >Rob :-) > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Ward Durossette >Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 10:25 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [xmail] Re: imap ? or something relevant ? > > >Spyros, > > I needed to archive messages to comply with Sarb-Ox, and use XMail with >the POP3 message store. I use a filter that copies every message to an >archive folder as it comes into XMail. This is a little different, I think >than your problem. My archival process involves saving every message for >history, your archival seems to be aging messages out of the mailbox for the >purpose of size control. > > If I understand your problem correctly, the size of the outlook.pst files >on the user's machines is causing you grief. You are looking for a way to >store messages server side, and limit the size of the user's mailboxes. > > I am not sure that a POP solution will work. Because of the way POP is >designed, your users must take extra efforts to not remove them from the >server. And these efforts can be undone quite easily, causing the >messages to download to the client. Then you are right were you are now. > > As a client side solution, using POP as the protocol, I am thinking of >some kind of program/script/outlook rule that would process the client side >mail store and copy/delete old message to the server archival location. >Sounds messy. > > IMAP seems like your best option as a server side message store. You can >control the size of the mailboxes, and the messages stay on the server, >allowing you to perform processing on them. > >ward > > >Spyros Tsiolis wrote: > >>Hello people, >> >>I am trying to find a way to archive messages on the xmail server side >>(xmail v1.17 running on linux). >> >>I have big-time problems with staff owning big, really BIG mailboxes. >>It affects everything; from the performance of each workstation to >>Outlook 2k behaving erratically. >> >>Any help would be greatly appreciated (as always). >> >>s. >> >> >> >>----- >>"I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of >>noise" >>- Vangelis >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! >>http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ >> >>- >>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the >>body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the >>line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> > >-- >Ward Durossette >Director Of Technical Solutions >Community Banking Systems >1412 Main Street - 14th Floor >Dallas, Texas 75202 > >http://www.combanksys.com (web) >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (email) >214-752-3444 (work phone) >877-353-6271 (fax) > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body >of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line >"help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in >the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
