Hey everyone, Those are all very good points - and will take all that into consideration.
There is another angle I wanted to approach - and that was, if other people on the network could benefit from this guy's lists - would it be wise to possibly move all his list folders into the Public Folders? Then put indexing on the Public Folders - which would radically increase the speed when he performs searches for certain topics. Also, if we were to make these Public Folders, would it be possible to make a server rule, in which instead of this guys mailing list mail going into his personal mail store on the server, that it could be routed to the appropriate sub folder in the Public Folders. That way, you get the benefits of indexing, public availability, and replication if one wanted to do so. If we wanted to take that route, that could be a realistic move right? Again, thanks for the info so far - Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael A. Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 1:49 AM Subject: RE: Need Advice on mailbox situation > Mike, > In addition to other recent feedback from this list... Wouldn't / shouldn't > the lists that he is on have archives available via the internet? This would > negate the need to store copies himself. I wouldn't want to be the one > having to back up one person's 7 gigs. And if he used the size field in > Outlook and sorted emails by size he could presumably delete the jokes and > pictures and duplicates etc. that he almost invariably has. > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 11:29 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Need Advice on mailbox situation > > Hello, > > We have a power user, who belongs to many lists, and has a very high volume > of mail coming into our system. He is a VERY valuable Network Tech and > Programmer, and depends very much on all of his e-mail, and archived > messages from all the lists he's on. This guy literally has 7 gigs of mail > that he totes around with him, because he wants the security of knowing that > wherever he goes, he will have his valuable mail threads that he can follow, > if he ever gets into a pinch. He purposely uses POP3 to get his mail, and > keeps his mail using Personal Message stores (in case the Exchange 2000 > Server is down or unavailable). > > Well, we need to find a better way to do this, because this guy has THREE > concurrent systems running Outlook 2000 (one at Home, Office and Condo) - > and he does this, in order to keep 3 simultaneous copies of his e-mail, in > case any of his systems blow up. I actually like his redundant setup, > because it's gotten him out of a few jams in the past - and this poor guy > has lost mail in the past due to our Exchange Admin guy being an idiot. We > need to instill confidence back into this guy, and get him a solid Exchange > 2000/Outlook solution that will deliver to him, Online AND Offline Access to > his e-mail. In addition to that, we need to manage 7-gigs of mail files on > his hard drive as well. Outlook has always had difficulties with the 2-gig > file size barrier - so I am not sure how we can deal with his Offline > Folders. > > What would be the BEST way, to move ALL 7 gigs of his mail to the Exchange > Server, and have him exclusively use Outlook 2000 (using the Exchange > Client)? I was thinking, we could copy all his .pst files up to the Server, > use Server Rules to move all his mail into the appropriate subfolders as > mail continually flows in, and then use Offline Folders on his local > machines - so he can still access his mail when the server is down or > offline. > > I would LOVE to hear the experts jump in on this, and please help me out. I > am under LOTS of pressure to make this scenario work, and I am pretty > confident it can be done - but need some direction from the experts. > > Thanks in advance for all your help, > > Mike > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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] > **************************************************************************** > ********************** > The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. > It is intended for the named recipient(s) only. > If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager or > the > sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any one or make > copies. > > ** eSafe scanned this email for viruses, vandals and malicious content ** > ** To find out more about eSafeTM and other Aladdin Security Products, > contact AMC > Corporation at 212-620-0700 ** > > **************************************************************************** > ********************** > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
