Working at a
college, I see a wide range of users. Some users are required by the state or
grant institiution to hold onto all correspondese for a "project" for 5 years.
We estiblished "reseanable" (30 meg) limits on their mailboxes (IS) and expect
them to keep them clean. This means that they can't hold e-mail there for 5
years. (who would want to anyway?)
While PSTs
and OSTs may not be the best idea (yes I know all about their issues), they are
a storage type we can provide. Opening the limits on the IS for 5 gig folders
like Kevins would be impossible. Our people just will abuse that sort of limit.
they would never delete anything! My bosses, and I agree, that a 30 meg
limit is more then acceptable limit for a mailbox via
Exchange.
We store the
PSTs on the file server (which is on a SANS) and they are backed up. When the
psts get around 650 megs in size, I burn it to a cd and have them start a new
one. I copy the cd version on to the hdd but leave it in read-only attribute so
they can't add to it but can access the info. (remember in our case, the e-mails
and attachments may need to be "held" for several years) They use the "new" PST
on the server for storing info. I actually only have 2 usuers who have required
this. A few have gotten to 300 megs then clean it up on their own because they
find they can't find anything..... We only allow 1 PST on the server per user at
a time...
Elizabeth Thompson -----Original Message-----
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- RE: Keeping large PST's open Abercrombie, Sherry
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- RE: Keeping large PST's open Lynn Karen
- RE: Keeping large PST's open Ely, Don
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- RE: Keeping large PST's open TWU-Durham, Ryan
- RE: Keeping large PST's open Thompson, Elizabeth
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