Takes about 6 seconds to strip a password from a PST file which renders them laughably insecure rather than useless. ;)
-----Original Message----- From: Steve Molkentin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Thursday, January 08, 2004 5:56 PM Posted To: swynk Conversation: Exchange 2003 backups Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 backups PST's can have passwords put on them by users, and users forget them (rendering them useless). PST's do not synchronise (using WinXP's offline files feature), and so can be forgotten or left behind, or worse, corrupted. I think that we almost have an FAQ for why PST=bad from this list, don't we? Certainly GuruEd (the MVP Slut) has raved against them previously. ;) themolk. > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Moir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 9 January 2004 9:40 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 backups > > If my users needed to access mail that was older than 2 years > I'd design an Exchange setup that gave them the space they > needed to store this stuff. > > PSTs are unreliable > PSTs are expensive (e.g. cost of supporting them, disk and > backup tape space as they break SIS) I think this is all > covered in the FAQs, if not, certainly the archives. > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Matthew Joyce > Sent: Thu 08/01/2004 23:35 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 backups > > > > This seems to be a popular axiom, buy why are they considered bad ? > > How else can I give users access to email from 2 years ago ? > yes, they do need to access these. > > What do other organisations do ? > > Matt > > > -- > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve > > Molkentin > > Sent: Friday, 9 January 2004 10:30 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 backups > > > > > > PST = Bad. > > > > themolk. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Matthew Joyce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, 9 January 2004 9:21 AM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: Exchange 2003 backups > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have just moved from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003. > > > It is a single server setup. > > > > > > I used to use BackupExec+Exchange agent to backup to a DLT. > > The stores > > > and the individual mailboxes were backed up daily and > every week I > > > would stop the services and do a full backup. > > > > > > Before I rush out an pay Veritas for the license upgrade, > I thought > > > I would revue the situation. > > > > > > Some background info... > > > The server has 100gb of raid5 diskspace. > > > There is about 125 mailboxes, I expect this to continue > to rise to > > > 250 over the next few years. > > > Mailbox sizes used to be about 70mb on 5.5, this has been > increased > > > to 100mb. > > > > > > Some staff do need access to archived mail, and they use > pst files > > > on the server. > > > > > > > > > At the moment I do not have a well defined backup policy for this > > > setup, I am using ntbackup for stores and state nightly. > > > > > > Any advice ? 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