RE: Mailbox Size
- From: "Stephen Hartley" <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 09:26:39 +1000
Tell the users that there is a maximum mailbox size of 600Mb. To allow
them to continue using the system and have full speed access, it would
be recommended that their mailboxes be kept to 250Mb or less. You could
explain this away by using some highly technical jargon (or bullsh*t).
Do you have access to a random word generator - it usually helps. String
3 or 4 words together, that should do the trick!
The concern is more their's than yours. If they have a big enough server
with sufficient storage capability, the only issue that they will see is
speed issues when they are opening their own mailboxes. Limit then using
the honesty system rather than forced rules, they may come to respect
e-mail more if they have to do their own cleanups!
Stephen
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Nielsen [mailto:cnielsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:53 AM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Mailbox Size
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This is something that I cannot do, and if I had my preference, wouldn't
ever do. I like having the mailboxes served from the server. But we use
VPN and Terminal Services quite a bit so taking users' mailboxes off the
server would be highly impractical. Well. even more than that - it's
simply something we can't do.
The main thing I'm trying to find out is are there any practical
concerns with mailboxes that are 500+ MB in size?
Thanks.
-Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: swami [mailto:swami@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 2:43 AM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Mailbox Size
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Hi Chris,
In all mail client, create a service "Personal Folder" and in properties
specify the desired local path / network path where you want to keep
your ".pst" files. Configure such that, mails are delivered to the
personal folders. This way your mail box size will be small in size and
will enhance the peformance.
Regards,
Swami
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Nielsen [mailto:cnielsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 12:07 PM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] Mailbox Size
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I have a couple users that are stubborn about archiving and
shift-deleting (much to my consternation), and their mailboxes are
approaching 500MB in size. What kind of concerns should I have in
regards to Information Store problems, server performance, etc. because
of their overly large mailboxes?
We have less than 25 Exchange users (all with our mailboxes on the
server) and the server is an AMD 1.4GHz with 1GB RAM.
Thanks.
Chris Nielsen
Systems Administrator
New Dawn Technologies
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