The joys (?!) of storage space limits

About a year or so ago, our campus decided to implement a new voice mail system (Cisco's Unity) with our e-mail system (MS Exhange servers).  What I liked is the ability to check my voice mail anywhere I had internet access and therefore e-mail access. 

What I don't like is that of course, the voice mail files take up space in my allotted e-mail storage space.  I periodically clean out my e-mail and voice mail space.  What's most frustrating is how the most recent versions of MS Outlook work -- the personal folders MUST live on a hard drive space and not on a networked drive (the reasons why still elude me).  So I haul my laptop to work and back each day and put the majority of e-mails needing to be saved on my laptop's hard drive.

So, what happens when you're out of town for a few days?  I fill up my server allotment on the main e-mail server and get alerted at least twice a day about being over my space limit. 

Today promises to be a meeting free day (hooray!) and I plan to clean out the voice mail and sort/file the e-mail appropriately.

And make a gazillion return phone calls -- mostly involving library instruction, verifying that yes, we did get the gift that was dropped off last week, and yes, you may bring me tons of chocolate, champagne and strawberries.

Sadly, I made the last one up, but I'll still take chocolate, champagne and strawberries.

Comments

[Suzanne]

There is just something about work e-mail that is destined to be irritating and wrong. I have to check my work e-mail on my personal computer because if I try to check it on my work computer it interferes with the other program I use throughout the day. I feel your pain.

[mosker]

LGG, you could contact the friendly and helpful tech support folks in your building to see if they have any strategies to help you with that.

[lauragayle]

Mosker, I know I could, because the tech folks in this building are truly friendly and may have stategies. But I'm loathe to bother them with my lack of organizational skills regarding e-mail. Although I do have quite a few rules working on my incoming mail...But I do have some treats that might assuage my guilt in asking!

[PlazaJen]

Here's something obliquely related -I saw this on Cafe Press & thought of you immediately!

http://tinyurl.com/zzvku

[squiggles .]

Dear Knitter, do we need to get-together for an e-mail organization class? I am at your service!

[lauragayle]

Squigs, I do need you. I've yet to finish my office re-organization. Sigh. It's not bad, it's just not where I need it to be.

[mosker]

Seriously LGG, if you were afraid of tough love from me, you so don't want to take squigs up on her offer. But you wouldn't have a storage limit problem any more.