Mailbox Size Limit Policy - Cached Mode and Online Mode

[da crusher]

Hello All,

We are running Exchange 2003 SP2 with Outlook 2007 SP1. We have a mailbox
policy on the Exchange server that limits the size of mailboxes.

I am running into an issue where a Cached Mode user is unable to send mail
because they are beyond the limit. Where I get stumped is that when I open
the user's mailbox in Online Mode, the mailbox shows a specific size (that is
under the limit) - When I look at the mailbox in Cached Mode, it shows a
different size. I fully understand that Cached Mode is not as effecient in
how it stores emails, etc and that's why it's larger.

So the question is: since Cached Mode doesn't store mail as efficiently and
since there is a mailbox limit, does that mean that less emails can actually
be stored in a given mailbox in cached mode vs online mode? And I take it
that the policy is being applied against the cached mode mailbox.

I think I know the answer but want to confirm.

Thanks in advance!!!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Less is relative. I can store the same number in both, but we don't use
quotas.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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