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-----Original Message----- From: Brien Mayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 5:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Moving mailboxes to another server Hey You seem pretty smart!! Are you running win2k & echange2k ? I have a question that has bothered me for some time. I think it might be a bug. Microsoft hasn't responded yet. Let me know if you want to hear about it -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Rouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 5:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Moving mailboxes to another server Hopefully you mean 1 DC is a bad idea > From what he described it sounds like he is in a small network.(1 Dom > = > controller) Bad Idea. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Rouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 4:39 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Moving mailboxes to another server > > > Arrrgggghhhhhh. Surprised Martin & William haven't responded yet. At > = all costs "import the PST's into your Private Information Store"!!!! > I = can't > count the number of reasons why PST=3DBAD, but lets start with the most > obvious: > > 1. If stored on a network share they take up much more space than if > = part of your Priv.edb > > 2. They're less stable than the Exchange Information Store & have a > maximum size of 2GB. > > 3. User deletes PST from hard drive or computer is stolen and mail is > GONE. > > 4. Information unavailable from OWA, or any computer that the PST is > = not located on. > > > You can move the Information Stores to a NAS or SAN device, but I > don't think you can just put it on another network accessable file > share. = Hard Drives are CHEAP, get bigger ones if necessary, 192GB > NAS devices go for $2K-$3K. > > > Quick overview: > > We have one domain controller and two member servers in the Forest; > > = > all are > > running Server 2000 with Service pack 2 and latest security patches. > > = > The > > Exchange Server has Norton 3.0 Anti Virus filters for the Exchange; > > we = > are > > using Norton Corporate Edition 7.6 over the entire network, with the > > = > client > > installed on all workstations. We have a 768 kbps DSL line with a = > Linksys > > BEFVPN41 router plugged directly into our 24 port switch. I setup > > DHCP = > on > > one of the servers due to having to disable the router's DHCP in > > order = > to do > > the necessary port forwarding for the Exchange Mail and Outlook Web > > = > Access > > ports on the Exchange Server. > >=20 > > Question: > > We would like to move all data from "Personal Folders" in Outlook > >2000 = > to > > the Exchange user mail boxes enabling their inbox, contacts, > > calendar, = > to be > > visible on the OWA page. That brings up the issue of drive storage = > space; is > > it possible to move the mail box/Pub stores over to one of the > >network drives on our storage server without reinstallation? =20 > >=20 > > TIA, > > Chris > > List Charter and FAQ at: > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm