MTC -- I would start asking your users why do they need unlimited space to store emails? Depending on your quotas/limits I could see where this might be a problem if they get large files (CAD drawings, spreadsheets, powerpoint presentations, etc.). In that case they should just save the large files off to disk and delete the email. If they REALLY, REALLY need to keep it in email then have them archive it off to a PST (no grunts from the gallery Ed). PST's have their purpose. Just make sure they put it in a location where it can be backed up.
Otherwise I am with you - give them limits - make them realistic for your environment - and force them to manage their accounts. Yes there will be exceptions (the President of the company, CFO, and other big wigs), but for the rest of the org (no matter how big it is) keep your employees on a leash. If you don't sure shootin the lack of limits will be abused. Regards. Nate Couch EDS Messaging > ---------- > From: Sander Van Butzelaar > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 5, 2002 08:36 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Unlimited Quotas > > It's mostly a "business" call. Hard drive space is cheap and there are > various backup systems that cater for large mail stores. The admin job > is to provide your users with the best possible email system, so if they > need to go back all the time to old mails you may find yourself in hot > water if you put restrictions on. Of coarse money also plays a role. I > would let management make the call to go cheap and small or large and > expensive, let them live with it as there are benefits to both ways. > > Sander > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Liddil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 05 July 2002 03:18 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Unlimited Quotas > > > I am being asked to justify why I have set quotas for users on our E2K > server > with 25 users. Things that come to mind are that if we give users > unlimited > stores, we will have to buy more disk space in time. Also we have a > single > processor server with 512 ram. So I would make a WAG and say that we > will be > looking at a second processor and more RAM. I am already looking at > more RAM > since our server is paging quite a bit. And as we implement archiving > and > journaling this will impact disk space as well as the backup (time, > number of > tapes). I also realize that allowing unlimited space leads to users > never > managing their e-mail. > > So besides these reasons are there any other reasons that I should be > thinking about? Thanks. > > Jim Liddil > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
