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Subject:    Re: [Samba] Outlook and roaming profiles?
From:       Martin Konold <martin.konold () erfrakon ! de>
Date:       2008-11-20 21:02:55
Message-ID: 200811202202.56287.martin.konold () erfrakon ! de
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Am Donnerstag, 20. November 2008 21:36:17 schrieb Thierry Lacoste:

Hi,

> Are there any recommandations about the maximum size of a pst file
> hosted on a samba server ?

Simply don't do it. There are technical reasons why this is unreliable, 
dangerious and generally not recommended.

see also:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297019
http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2007/01/21/network-stored-pst-files-
don-t-do-it.aspx

Actually things are even worse than the above mentioned articles may make you 
think. Deadlocks and dataloss are part of the problem.

I propose to look into a imap server based solution like Kolab www.kolab.org.

Regards,
-- martin

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