Target Skills:

Ability to manage messaging folders.

 
 

More Info:

Managing Messaging Folders with the Console (Admin Guide)

 
     

Managing Messaging Folders

The messaging server gives you several options for managing messaging folders.  Below, we will cover the 2 major ones: configuring user disk quotas and specifying aging policies.

You can configure message store defaults by going to Configuration Tab/Message Store on the console.

Configuring User Disk Quotas

You can specify disk quotas to control disk space usage. Disk quotas allow you to limit users to a fixed mailbox size. If disk space is limited, you might want to set user disk quotas. 

You can set disk quotas for individual users by modifying their mail attributes in the Directory Server. You can set default disk quotas for all users by choosing the Message Store Quota tab.

Specifying Aging Policies 

Aging policies are another way to control disk usage on your server. You can control how long messages are stored in one or more mailboxes. If you have limited disk space, you might want to set aging policies for the store. 

If you set aging policies, you should educate your users about these policies because the server will not send a warning message before it starts deleting messages from the store. You can create aging rules based on the following criteria:

  • Number of messages in the mailbox
  • Total size of the mailbox
  • Number of days that messages remain in the mailbox
  • Number of days that messages exceeding a given size remain in the mailbox

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