OWA PST file

[nonprogrammer]

Hello,

I am not sure if this can be done.

I inherited an 2003 exchange server. The way the users are setup is that there is a folder called mail in another server, in the mail folder there are more folders with each user name, that is where each pst for each user lives.
When I came in I as why and what they told me was, PORTABILITY. I am not sure if this is the right approach but in any case.
I was wondering if you could open one of the pst files from
OWA?
As is right now everytime I open my OWA it gives me the default exchange mailbox.


thank you in advance

 

[jlmartini]

As far as I know, you cannot open your PST file with OWA. We do keep our PST files on a file server but in each user's home directory so they are the only ones with access to it.

 

[nonprogrammer]

in here is kind of the same, each folder has permission set for each user

 

[58sniper]

jlmartini is correct - you can't open .pst files from OWA. Also, just an FYI that networked .pst files are NOT supported by Microsoft, and not recommended.

Pat Richard, MCSE(2) MCSA:Messaging, CNA(2)

 

[nsantin]

Just to clarify, these are your archived mailboxes messages right? Exchange doesn't use PST files for active mail, not to be confused with OST files, which conceptually shouldn't be on a network