Re: Server Logic

That is a pretty self-important view of the world. First you assume that you
have all of the facts surrounding the 'why' of this question. Second, you
assume that I have no knowledge of technology and how it is to be used.

This is a technology forum not a philosophy forum. I asked a technology
question and was expecting a technology answer.

"Asher_N" wrote:

> Solving those kinds of human problem is /not/ the ourpose of technology.
> In your case, the solution is simple, get rid of the .pst files and go
> MAPI. If the users refuse, an there are no real reasons other than 'we
> are used to this way', than NO, it is not feasible AND it is not
> technologies place to solve that kind of problem.
>
> "=?Utf-8?B?UGhpbA==?=" <Phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> news:D29F691C-E506-48DF-9B19-1BEA7BD6AB19@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
> > Is that not the purpose of technology? But that will take us out of
> > the topic for this group. I will take your 'No' to mean that it is
> > not technically possible to strip an attachment from an email, save it
> > to a file and replace the attachment with a link all within the
> > exhange server.
> >
> > Thanks for the responses.
> >
> > "Asher_N" wrote:
> >
> >> No.
> >>
> >> You aer trying to use technology to solve a human problem. It doesn't
> >> work.
> >>
> >>
> >> "=?Utf-8?B?UGhpbA==?=" <Phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> >> news:3C11791C-9AE0-46B2-BA94-E7808A8C543A@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> >>
> >> > Thanks for the suggestion but my users seem to be married to thier
> >> > pst files.
> >> > I guess it masked some performance issues that the previous IT guy
> >> > was
> >> > unable to deal with. In a perfect world.... Anyways I am looking
> >> > to ease the users down a better road, security blankets in hand.
> >> > That is why I am looking for alternatives, is there a way to do
> >> > what I am proposing?
> >> >
> >> > "Asher_N" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> OK. If a link will do, I assume that these users are local. Then
> >> >> it begs the question, why the .pst??
> >> >>
> >> >> Go MAPI. External access can be by OWA, VPN or RPC over HTTP.
> >> >>
> >> >> "=?Utf-8?B?UGhpbA==?=" <Phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> >> >> news:E0323B82-F8B7-4FC4-8945-D95CF6AC8292@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> >> >>
> >> >> > The issues that I have are two fold, first the users are having
> >> >> > their emails delivered to pst files that are grwoing rapidly and
> >> >> > are corrupting. Secondly, the management has not yet decided
> >> >> > that this is a problem so I am trying to avert serious
> >> >> > client-side issues that I will have to deal with over and over
> >> >> > again. Yes an educated user is the ideal solution but I don't
> >> >> > have the political clout to make that happen, so I work beneath
> >> >> > the radar.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "Asher_N" wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> "=?Utf-8?B?UGhpbA==?=" <Phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> >> >> >> in news:083A5E57-8BF0-449F-B10F-2EDDE9674C27@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> > I am using exchange 2003 and have users that send large
> >> >> >> > attachments to a number of receipients within the
> >> >> >> > organization.
> >> >> >> > I would like to set up some server side logic to minimize
> >> >> >> > the
> >> >> >> > impact of sending these large attachments. The scheme that I
> >> >> >> > have in mind is to have the users address thier email to a
> >> >> >> > specialized mailbox, with the actual receipients in the cc
> >> >> >> > field. The special mailbox would strip the attachment from
> >> >> >> > the email and place it on our intranet then replace it with a
> >> >> >> > link that the receipients can click on to view the
> >> >> >> > attachment. All recipients would receive the link only. Can
> >> >> >> > this be done? Any ideas about a how? any alternatives you can
> >> >> >> > think of?
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> The attachement will only reside in your store once. There is
> >> >> >> no major impact with sending internal attachments. Or you could
> >> >> >> try to educate the users to send links instead of files.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
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