[ale] Exporting M$ Express mail files (MacOS -> ???)

[Jeff Lightner]

When I worked at a major network gear provider they had a fairly simple
way of insuring people created folders saved important things - they
deleted all inbox email more than 7 days old!   They also insured you
didn't bog down the main mail server by providing an archive server and
deleting all email from the main server that was more than 6 months old.
It forced all the users to learn how to manage their mail boxes or learn
to live without.

 

What amazes me is how often I find myself needing to refer to messages
1, 2 or even 3 years old.   Creating separate archives for each year
definitely helps.

 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Kinney
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 8:27 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] Exporting M$ Express mail files (MacOS -> ???)

 

 

	
	I am consistently surprised how many end-users actively manage
their
	PSTs.  ie. Name them specifically.  Move messages between them
for
	proper segregation.  Move their PSTs on to corporate file
servers.
	Make backups.  Burn them to DVD, etc.
	
	My impression is about 50% of users actively work with their
PSTs.


Do they move things around at the filesystem level or are they simply
using the Outlook gui to create and name files and move messages between
containers? I train all of my people to do just that and stop leaving
everything in the stupid inbox! Filters and folders mean they can find
their email.

I can't see why anyone the computer status outside of sysadmin/guru
would ever consider using filesystem tools to manipulate mail files (on
any platform! Linux included!). The thought of anyone in the 90% of
non-admin users (and a vast majority of admins as well) editing a PST
file to extract a  mail message and put it somewhere else is almost
laughable.

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James P. Kinney III
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