Storing Outlook data on network

[Big Guy]

Hi.

I manage a Novell network. We are currently using an OLD e-mail client and I
would like to replace it with Outlook 2003/2007. Outlook would only be used
for pop3 and smtp, but I would like to store the user's data (messages,
address book, calendar) in their home directory on the Novell server. Is this
possible?

Thanks!

 

[Kathleen Orland]

It's possible but will likely lead to corruption. It's not supported by
Microsoft and for good reason. Outlook requires constant read/write access
to the PST (Outlook data file). Too often over a network, this access is
interrupted. Even if it's just for a second, you can end up with corruption.
The PST file must be kept locally.

It would be better to copy the data file when Outlook is closed to the home
directory.