I would not save them as .msg. That is just not a good approach. Writing
emails to a database is also going to be tricky because of attachments.

How long do you need to retain these emails?

I would suggest that you set a size limit on the mailbox, say 500MB. Once it
reaches that limit you can create another mailbox. Once your retention
period is over delete the old mailboxes after backing up of course.

The best option if it works in your situation is to use an Email archiving
product like Enterprise Vault or EmailXtender.

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"Pieter" wrote in message
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Thanks for the info. And you don't have any idea of what should be the
better solution?
- Give them every year a new Mailbox? And after 5 years they have 5 extra
mailboxes that loads etc...
- Save all the mails as *.msg in a Fodler somewhere on a server?
- Write the emails to a database? (sql server)
- ...?

"Nuevo" wrote in message
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100MB is not a problem and even growing to 1Gb while not ideal should
cause no problems. I would not recommend anything over 2GB so you have
some breathing room. You need an effective way to archive the mail in
order to prevent the growth. If this is not possible then you need to
consider the viability of using a different mailbox once a certain size
is reached.

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