RE: Keeping large PST's open

[Bill Dodd]

Title: Message

Thanks.  I am sorry when, I said Home directory I assumed everyone would know I meant a network directory.I guess I have had too much "Microsoft Brainwashing". I have a hard time with these bone heads. I just had a call from the President of the company and his secretary who were trying to email a 175mb power point and wondered what was wrong with his computer and why her mailbox was over limit. Gezzh

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Norris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 3:50 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Keeping large PST's open

That depends on the location of the users home directory. If it is on a network drive then yes it will use network resources.  Users also need to understand that very large pst files can easily become corrupt resulting in the loss of all data.

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Osborne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 3:44 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Keeping large PST's open

This does not use up network resources assuming the pst is on her local hard drive.   As long as the user understands that local drives are not backed up, and that if the file is lost its gone forever, it should not be a problem.

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Dodd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 2:37 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Keeping large PST's open

 

I have a user that keeps her mail in seevral large pst's in her home directory then open's them as personal folders in Outllook. I looked at her files and she has almost 350 Mb of PST's. In the past users have been allowed to have a 100mb limit on thier exchange mailbox, which should be plenty if it is not used as a filling system. As a new administrator I feel un-easy about her doing this, and she is showing evryone she runs into how to do it also. It seems to me like this will eat a huge amount of Network resources. Any opnions?

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