Well, you could move his PST files to a network drive and set up remote access for him, better yet if he can get broadband at home, set up a VPN solution allowing him access to his network drive from his home PC. Then he has both his mailbox and PSTs available from both places without trying to keep two copies synced. If broadband is not available, you could set the home PC up with copies of the PSTs, and use either "briefcase" or Offline Files to keep them synced depending on the desktop OS. Also his PSTs at the office would get backed up nightly. Not a good solution for everyone in the company, but you do need to keep your boss happy
Jay Personette [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mavtech.com/ (281) 455-3993 -----Original Message----- From: Brent Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 8:52 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Personal Folders Suggestions to Users Well the pst at home would be read only (from the CD), so a start would be to turn off the read only bit.. Later Brent -----Original Message----- From: Desiree Herrmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 3:38 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Personal Folders Suggestions to Users I wonder if anyone might have a suggestion or two for the following dilemma... Exchange Server 5.5, Outlook 2000 I am trying to give my boss options that will work for him to keep the size of his pst files manageable along with being able to get at the files easily... Some of his pst's have been to hell and back, but I've been able to get at them somehow each time there has been an issue to this point... I thought I was there with splitting up his Personal Folders by year, etc. and showing him how to check the size so they don't get too big. He claims he goes into all his mail at different times and wants it all to be accessible all the time. He's now decided he wants to be able to pull up the same Personal Folders at home that he does here at work. Then he also wants to move new items into those Folders both here and at home in one step. He decided that it would work so he went and copied his pst file to a CD and copied it to his hard drive at home, he couldn't get it open... I haven't been to his house but will most likely make a trip over there. So, I've been trying to come up with a solution that would help him without too much work on his part... So, I've tested with a small meaningless Personal Folder in my account, I find it easiest in this scenario to copy messages into Personal Folders here at work, then to actually move the messages into the folder from my Inbox when I get home, this would mean going through mail twice and I'm sure that won't go over well. I have also suggested that he keep Personal Folders on CD's, but he doesn't like that idea. I imagine there will be a ton of messages, why doesn't he get a laptop, he has one, but he likes his two Dell Precision workstations and would rather keep his mail on them... He's particular about the way he does things and likes what he likes, which, at times can make my job a bit difficult... I know I'm not the only one. Desiree Happy Friday:-) 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
