Re: Pst-files in Outlook 2003?

From: Diane Poremsky [MVP] (info_at_cdolive.com)
Date: 06/12/04 

Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 22:04:05 -0400

> I also find odd that you can set all the other PST files to reside on the
> server. The documentation that comes with the Office 2003 Reskit
> recommends doing so for big PST files to help with log ins. I can send
> you the link if you want.

yes, I would like the url. 

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"Lenny" <leonard.santoro@duke.edu> wrote in message 
news:B66DA793-CD80-45C7-9D68-9DEC4D7F4629@microsoft.com...
>I have been storing Outlook Express IMAP folders in user roaming profiles 
>for the last 5 years with very little in the way of problems.  With all the 
>mail stored on the server if a local copy file becomes corrupt all we need 
>do is delete it.  The file will be rebuilt when the user opens OE the next 
>time.  It is true that the files can become very large and slow down log 
>in, but setting it to down load headers only fixes most of that.
>
> I also find odd that you can set all the other PST files to reside on the 
> server.  The documentation that comes with the Office 2003 Reskit 
> recommends doing so for big PST files to help with log ins.   I can send 
> you the link if you want.
>
> It is only the IMAP PST that can't be moved.  All the user settings are in 
> that file, every time you open Outlook 2003 you have to start over again. 
> All my users roam, all my PCs are configured as alike as posable, all 
> built from the same image.  They love it, so why can't I put the IMAP file 
> where I need it and get it out of the Local Settings folder.  If we can 
> move the POP3 file to another location (a file that if it gets corrupt all 
> is lost) then why not the IMAP folders.  I can force the IMAP folder onto 
> the network with a great deal of work and registry tweaking, but the 
> setting does not hold if you make any other changes to the way Outlook 
> works and can't be deployed to the users.  My users would love to see our 
> Exchange and IMAP in one mail tool (yes we use both) and I cannot see why 
> not.
>
> Lenny
>
>     ----- Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote: -----
>
>     Connecting to a pst over a network often results in a corrupt pst and 
> is not
>     recommended. Storing it in a roaming profile that gets downloaded 
> everytime
>     the user logs in (and uploaded when they log off) can be slower than
>     creating a new pst each time if the mailboxes are very large.
>
>     Web access would probably be better for roaming users.
>
>     -- 
>     Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
>     Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
>     Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
>     Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)
>
>     Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
>     Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
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>     "Lenny" <leonard.santoro@duke.edu> wrote in message
>     news:C170E434-5049-485D-8400-3E2FAE79FBD7@microsoft.com...
>     >>     I am trying to use Outlook 2003 with IMAP and roaming users 
> (200 of
>     > them).  To put all the IMAP setting into a location that will be 
> deleted
>     > every time a user logs outs so that they need to start over every 
> time
>     > from scratch, is either a bug or a deliberate road block.  I really 
> hope
>     > it is a bug and that a hot fix will come out for this very soon. 
> This
>     > issue is stopping us from rolling out OFFICE 2003.
>     >> Lenny
>     >>     ----- Diane Poremsky wrote: -----
>     >>     you'll need to edit the path in the registry, but it's not very
>     > reliable and
>     >     they often revert back to the old location.
>     >>     -- 
>     >     Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
>     >     Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
>     >     Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
>     >>     Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
>     >     Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
>     >>>>     "LS" <lensv@ituf.liu.se> wrote in message
>     >     news:OzspNxpJEHA.4052@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>     >>   Hi,
>     >>>   Im having problems moving some of my pst-files from the default
>     > location
>     >>  (in profile) to an alternative network folder.
>     >>>   I can move the default Outlook.pst without any problems. But I
>     > have also
>     >>  got two IMAP accounts (with their own pst-files). I can move these
>     > files
>     >> to my
>     >>  alternative location, but when I start Outlook it creates two new
>     > files
>     >> in
>     >>  the default folder and it ignores the two files that I have moved.
>     >>>   What can I do to make these pst-files (for my IMAP accounts)
>     > behave like
>     >>  the default pst-file?
>     >>>    Best regards,
>     >>>        /LS
>     >>>>>

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