exchange 5.5 mail retrieval

[jono261970]

hello,

I have exchange 5.5 and nt 4.0 sp 6 and outlook 2000. Currently all emails are stored on the server and we use the outlook client to view them.

The other day our server crashed and nobody could view their mail. I have been told that it is possible to have your email delivered directly to your outlook client and not left on the server. This way if the server goes down you can still read emails.

Can somebody please tell me how I would do this?

thanks

jono

 

[jdblack]

You will need to set up each client with a *.pst file on their local system. Add that to their Outlook client and direct Outlook to deliver their mail to their *.pst file via the services tab and your done. The client will download the users messages to the *.pst file instead of storing it on the server.

 

[brontosaurus]

you may be better served to set up Offline folder capability and have the users synchronize regularly.

 

[jpaf]

I agree. Having your email stored on x number of clients makes disaster recovery very difficult. It only takes a failed disk on a PC to lose someone's mail for good. Utilising the offline capability of Outlook ensure that it copies from the mailbox on the server. You have the .ost file on the PC so users can continue working offline if the server fails and you also have the mailbox on the server in case anything happens to individual PCs.

Regards
jpaf

 

[jono261970]

Hi ,

I like to thank everybody for helping me. I will store all emails on the server and use the offline feature.

Cheers,

jono