Re: Does the max mailbox size change?
- From: "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" <lanwench@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 16:24:51 -0400
In news:JrtHe.93$sW1.18@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
BoboTWG <aaron.nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> typed:
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message
>>
>> It's silly to keep attachments in the sent items. He can and should
>> remove the attachments from the sent messages. Why keep two copies
>> of a file - one in Exchange, and one in the file system?
>
> I completely agree, Lanwrench. He is doing it because one of the (very
> bothersome) project managers is insisting on it so he can prove that
> "those drawings" were sent "on this day" and "here is a copy of the
> e-mail".
Great. Show the manager how much it costs to upgrade to Enterprise (because
there's as of yet no release date announced for E2003 SP2, and even after
then, bigger mailboxes should go in their own mail stores) and explain that
you're going to need to invest in a DLT or Ultrium autoloader so you can
take backups, and that your backup and restore times will be a lot longer in
the event of emergency. You can keep throwing hardware at this sort of
thing, but it should be the last resort.
Exchange is not a file server. Period. The manager is not technical, so it's
your job as an IT person to explain this. :)
> I have taken the 2 largest folders that he should hopefully
> not need to access often (or at all) and exported them to .PST files
> on his hard drive. I them deleted those folders from his mailbox. He
> is now down to a managable size as those 2 folders were over a Gig
> put together.
Yep - and you've now taken the important company data out of Exchange and
put it in a fragile file format that cannot reasonably be managed, backed
up, or maintained. And the data takes up more space now because single
instance storage is lost.
>
>> As the other reply states, you're confusing things here - make sure
>> that he has at least *some* quota set on his mailbox. Everyone needs
>> one. Even in Enterprise. ;-)
>>>
> Yep, pretty sure that I am confusing something here but I do not know
> what. When I go to change his
> mailbox limits I get a messge stating "The value for 'prohibit send
> at (kb)' is not valid. Specify a value from 0 through 2097151."
> I get this message if I try to go over that limit.
Yes, that's a known issue. You can't make the quota any larger than that.
Make it the max you can get away with, and show the user how to use public
folders...but put limits on those, too.
>
> Any ideas whqat I am doing wrong? Thanks again.
I think you spoke too softly and didn't carry a big enough stick. I don't
use PST files on any of my clients' networks - if they want one and it's
approved by their manager, I create it, burn a CD for them, kill the copy on
their computer/network, and tell them it's their issue now.
>
> Aaron
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