Re: Mobile users setup files

OK, some experimenting today -- it appears that one profile will work, setup
for RPCoHTTPS & Cached Mode, and it will also connect to the Exchange server
over the LAN. It seems just fine, unless I'm missing something.
And... getting unicode files from .PST over to Exchange mailbox... you CAN
do a CTRL-A to select all, and move them in one fell swoop... you can also
copy and paste, if you want say contacts both in the .PST file and the
Outlook/Exch Mailbox.
- Dodge

"Dodge" wrote:

> Lanwench and John,
>
> Wow, thanks for the detailed and important input on getting this setup right.
> On the existing emails in the .PST (from former POP3 ISP email) - as some of
> these .PST's are large, and some users have setup extension folders hierarchy
> - my thinking is to perhaps just leave them in the .PST for now - otherwise
> it's a few gigs I'd be loading onto the Exchange server.
>
> Another issue I'm running into-- tried to export and bring in the existing
> contacts - so they be available under Exchange/Outlook/OWA etc. I keep
> getting the unicode error... cannot inport into Exchange, different
> format/version. I was told to roll back to another verision of Outlook - not
> easy to do, or drag and drop each contact record over - again, not easy to do
> if user has serveral hundred contacts.... any better answer to this need?
>
> Thanks again, very much appreciated - Dodge
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > In news:E28B87A2-C761-41F9-861F-0D2F969C864A@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> > Dodge <Dodge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
> > > Hummm, it looks like Cached Mode IS the way to go - unless one wants
> > > the granularity of setting send/receive groups that Offline settings
> > > would allow. It appears that "Cached Mode" creates/setups the OST
> > > file needed for "offline and synchronizing with the Exchange
> > > server.... so I think...
> >
> > Yes.
> > > one of the things that has confounded me...
> >
> > > "where to store data"(i.e. Exchange mailbox, .pst, .ost)
> >
> > Mailbox
> >
> > > becomes
> > > automatic in that it uses the Exchange mailbox - but "offline" it
> > > uses the created .ost.
> >
> > Yep.
> >
> > > There appears to be no way to point to an .ost
> > > for storage - it just happens once setup - I think?
> >
> > The OST is just a mirror of the mailbox (and OAB and any public folders
> > dragged to PF\Favorites).
> >
> > > It looks like one
> > > can only select an Exchange mailbox, or a .PST for storage.
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > > I think
> > > I'll still need to setup two email profiles... one for "in-office"
> > > and connected directly to the Exchange server over the LAN... another
> > > for "out-of-office" setting up the RPCoHTTPS.
> >
> > Nope. Use the RPC one - all the time.
> >
> > > Any comments, confirmations, suggestions are welcomed... wanting to
> > > setup this in the best way, and least confusing way for users.
> > > (Also, many of these users still have a lot of emails in a .PST
> > > folder/file from when they used to use a POP3 download from an ISP's
> > > email, before Exchange, - I think it's best to just leave those
> > > emails in the .PST folder?) Thanks - Dodge
> >
> > Depends if they need them or not. If the data is important, and doesn't bump
> > their mailbox over quota, you could copy it in (or some of it).
> >
> > >
> > > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> In news:%238gnT7YEGHA.1088@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> > >> John Oliver, Jr. [MVP] <jcoliverjr@xxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
> > >>> Did you uncheck "Cached Mode" when creating the RPC over HTTPs?
> > >>> You should only use Online Mode for RPC over HTTPs.
> > >>
> > >> O ye gods and little fishes - why not? Cached mode for any sort of
> > >> remote access (VPN, RPC/HTTP) is fabulous.
> > >>
> > >>> As for the two
> > >>> profiles, or however many you create for the users, the mail is
> > >>> always stored in Exchange Server. Whichever method your users
> > >>> access their mailbox, beit OWA, RPCoHTTPS, MAPI, OMA, etc, they are
> > >>> merely connecting to their Mailbox that is store in Exchange Server.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> "Dodge" <Dodge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > >>> news:9C875DBC-9D8B-48D7-A401-4333C7A42EFE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >>>> I had posted a question about best practices in having users that
> > >>>> are both in
> > >>>> office... and on-the-road. It's pretty clear we'll go the route of
> > >>>> RPCoHTTPS.... now I got this repsonse "I would simply say that you
> > >>>> should create
> > >>>> two mail profiles, one that is setup for RPC and one for "in the
> > >>>> office" and
> > >>>> store the RPC profile in an .ost."... and my follow up questions
> > >>>> are: 1). with the two profiles... should the in-the-office torage
> > >>>> be in the Exchange Mailbox?
> > >>>> 2). in testing RPCoHTTPS - it seems to pull the emails to the
> > >>>> client computer/laptop, so that they are not available via say OWA.
> > >>>> I'm trying to get a setup that allows the users to access emails at
> > >>>> their Exchange/Outlook in office, via RPCoHTTPS, and via OWA, or
> > >>>> even OMA, as needed... and not have confusion with different email
> > >>>> boxes and whether an email was read, or read and not available via
> > >>>> one of the connection methods.
> > >>>> I think the users could handle the switching of profiles - but want
> > >>>> the emails in as much as possible in one place.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I hope this makes sense to someone who's set this up and can offer
> > >>>> some feedback on how to do this correctly.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thank - Dodge
> >
> >
> >
.

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