[ngw] Looking for advice on Outlook 2007 on GW8

Sat Apr 10 18:25:53 UTC 2010

Worst part is there isn't a solid 'limit' you can point at, so clients  
will argue. "But it works, so why can't I?" or some variant thereof.
Randy Grein

On Apr 10, 2010, at 10:50 AM, Gert wrote:

> Yep,
>
> didn't notice the size issue for the PST... this is even a  
> recommendation by Microsoft, not Novell...
>
> Gert
>
> Novell Knowledge Partner
>
> Owner, independent consultant
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>
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> How come, when my wife says
> "we need to talk", it is never
> about Drupal? ;-) - Dries Buytaert
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Randy Grein  
> <randygrein at comcast.net> wrote:
> I suspect part of your problem is the PST file - 17 GB is 10 times
> recommended maximum, and it will have performance and reliability
> problems regardless. In fact, I'm surprised it runs at all. It should
> crash and corrupt on a regular basis.
>
> If it were my client I'd split the single archive into 4 or 5 before
> continuing. Make sure you have a backup of course, THEN work on an
> archiving system.
>
> Randy Grein
>
> On Apr 9, 2010, at 1:21 PM, James Taylor wrote:
>
> > I did try that, and there were too many issues with it and the other
> > tools I tried, and I believe tried most, if not all, of them.
> > The amount of mail and the windows workstation resource limitations
> > have been a huge challenge.
> > I suspect this would have been a lot easier if I had been migrating
> > the mail directly from an Exchange server rather than pst files.
> >
> > I am also looking for an archive solution that I can migrate to from
> > the PS files and will allow easy searching of old mail and,
> > preferably, web access.
> >
> > -jt
> >
> >
> > James Taylor
> > The East Cobb Group, Inc.
> > 678-697-9420
> > james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
> > http://www.eastcobbgroup.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>>> Gert <gwcheck at gmail.com> 4/9/2010  03:36 PM >>>
> > Tried http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WtXxReRacnE~ ?
> > http://www.advansyscorp.com/ 
> formativ_personal_outlook_migration.htm ?
> >
> > Gert
> >
> > Novell Knowledge Partner
> >
> > Owner, independent consultant
> > www.GWCheck.com
> > "the best GW site" - Tay Kratzer
> >
> > gert at gwcheck.com
> > Skype, Twitter, Facebook: GWCheck
> >
> > How come, when my wife says
> > "we need to talk", it is never
> > about Drupal? ;-) - Dries Buytaert
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 9:32 PM, James Taylor <James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
> >> wrote:
> >
> >> First, let me get this out of the way...
> >> I am fully aware of Novell's non-support of Outlook 2007 as a
> >> GroupWise
> >> client, so I don't need to be informed about that. Novell support
> >> is not an
> >> issue.  Practical usage is all I care about.
> >>
> >> I have a very small, very high maintenance client that I have
> >> migrated from
> >> an ISP based mail using Outlook as a mail client.
> >> Their legacy mail consists of a main outlook pst file of about 7GB,
> >> and an
> >> archive pst of about 17GB.  Lots and lots of folders.
> >> Also, the contacts have a lot of notes, and many of them are  
> actually
> >> references to legal case files. (Trying to use OL contacts as a
> >> CRM...)
> >> I have tried a number of ways of importing the mail into GroupWise,
> >> and all
> >> of them have been slow and usually blow up regularly.  I have  
> finally
> >> resorted to opening Outlook with a GW profile, connecting the pst  
> and
> >> copying folder by folder.
> >>
> >> This process has been going on for several months, and the client
> >> has been
> >> very frustrated.  The change in the mail interface, combined with  
> the
> >> never-ending task of trying to import and organize the mail has led
> >> to the
> >> plea to return to Outlook.  I don't think this is the best course,
> >> but
> >> trying to continue to push the point is fruitless, so I need a
> >> solution that
> >> doesn't involve trashing GW on the backend.
> >>
> >> Here's the requirements:
> >> I need for Outlook 2007 to work reasonably quickly, share calendars
> >> and
> >> contacts with two other users, have full access to proxies and and
> >> have the
> >> address lookups and auto completes work properly.
> >>
> >> I also need the principal user to be able to sync her iPhone.
> >>
> >> Is this feasible, or do I need to look at alternative mail systems
> >> for a
> >> backend?
> >>
> >> -jt
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> James Taylor
> >> The East Cobb Group, Inc.
> >> 678-697-9420
> >> james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
> >> http://www.eastcobbgroup.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
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