Auto Archive settings (Outlook) and Exchange 2003   

Not sure where this is better to go, so sadly I had to cross post this...

Anyways, We are running Exchange 2003, and want to keep server space usage 
at a minimum (we can only afford so much HDD space) so we want users to auto 
archive messages monthly to get them off the server (I assume this is what 
happens when you auto archive, it actually removes the message from the 
server and puts it into a local PST file) well, we want this to happen 
company wide... Is there a group policy that can force Outlook to auto 
archive to a specific folder regulary? Also we want everyone to have their 
PST in the same location, however, some people already have PST's auto 
archiving they set up themselves... is there any way to move those PST 
archives to the same location on their machine then attach them as the 
archive? thanks!

date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 10:35:10 -0400   author:   Brian Henry

RE: Auto Archive settings (Outlook) and Exchange 2003   

You have to be careful with Auto Archive.  If all that old mail is in an 
archive on the local machine  and the HDD goes down, all that old mail will 
be lost.  Might not necessarily be a big deal, but something to think about.  
On the other hand it will save alot of space on the server.  I'm not sure 
about using GPO about that though.

"Brian Henry" wrote:

> Not sure where this is better to go, so sadly I had to cross post this...
> 
> Anyways, We are running Exchange 2003, and want to keep server space usage 
> at a minimum (we can only afford so much HDD space) so we want users to auto 
> archive messages monthly to get them off the server (I assume this is what 
> happens when you auto archive, it actually removes the message from the 
> server and puts it into a local PST file) well, we want this to happen 
> company wide... Is there a group policy that can force Outlook to auto 
> archive to a specific folder regulary? Also we want everyone to have their 
> PST in the same location, however, some people already have PST's auto 
> archiving they set up themselves... is there any way to move those PST 
> archives to the same location on their machine then attach them as the 
> archive? thanks! 
> 
> 
>

date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 07:49:50 -0700   author:   BSMadden

Re: Auto Archive settings (Outlook) and Exchange 2003   

well, what we are going to do is move it to a backed up SAN network drive, 
not really a local system

"BSMadden"  wrote in message 
news:8D700108-777E-4F2B-8182-3434DF107773@microsoft.com...
> You have to be careful with Auto Archive.  If all that old mail is in an
> archive on the local machine  and the HDD goes down, all that old mail 
> will
> be lost.  Might not necessarily be a big deal, but something to think 
> about.
> On the other hand it will save alot of space on the server.  I'm not sure
> about using GPO about that though.
>
> "Brian Henry" wrote:
>
>> Not sure where this is better to go, so sadly I had to cross post this...
>>
>> Anyways, We are running Exchange 2003, and want to keep server space 
>> usage
>> at a minimum (we can only afford so much HDD space) so we want users to 
>> auto
>> archive messages monthly to get them off the server (I assume this is 
>> what
>> happens when you auto archive, it actually removes the message from the
>> server and puts it into a local PST file) well, we want this to happen
>> company wide... Is there a group policy that can force Outlook to auto
>> archive to a specific folder regulary? Also we want everyone to have 
>> their
>> PST in the same location, however, some people already have PST's auto
>> archiving they set up themselves... is there any way to move those PST
>> archives to the same location on their machine then attach them as the
>> archive? thanks!
>>
>>
>>

date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 11:15:00 -0400   author:   Brian Henry