Ugh. My CEO wants me to free up some of his email space... But without deleting a majority of inbox emails. Using Outlook. Basically anything that I do will take forever and a day.
Ugh. My CEO wants me to free up some of his email space... But without deleting a majority of inbox emails. Using Outlook. Basically anything that I do will take forever and a day.
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Delete all his sent items.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
"Whoops something happened when I was cleaning up your email and we lost it all... guess you shouldn't keep that much email and hire a system admin to set up proper backups in the future."
"Tough luck man, did the best I could."
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
Ugh. My CEO wants me to free up some of his email space... But without deleting a majority of inbox emails. Using Outlook. Basically anything that I do will take forever and a day.
Ugh. My CEO wants me to free up some of his email space... But without deleting a majority of inbox emails. Using Outlook. Basically anything that I do will take forever and a day.
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This guy speaks the truth. Sort by size, delete or archive the worst offenders. Clear shit out of his deleted and sent items. Shouldn't take more than a few minutes + time spent while Outlook copies files from one place to another and you can just stare at him awkwardly.
Ugh. My CEO wants me to free up some of his email space... But without deleting a majority of inbox emails. Using Outlook. Basically anything that I do will take forever and a day.
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This guy speaks the truth. Sort by size, delete or archive the worst offenders. Clear shit out of his deleted and sent items. Shouldn't take more than a few minutes + time spent while Outlook copies files from one place to another and you can just stare at him awkwardly.
Fuck that, take all day on it. When I mean take all day, I mean, do it, and when questioned say "yeah it's copying... you have a lot of files" and go look at reddit all day.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
If he's going to go that route, he can't ever admit to being at a point where he's not actively manipulating the inbox or they'll find some carts for him to push around or something.
If he's going to go that route, he can't ever admit to being at a point where he's not actively manipulating the inbox or they'll find some carts for him to push around or something.
Could be worse, they could have him setting up box fans.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
Wish we had carts to push around. I have to carry everything by hand.
And we did try to archive his sent items but it took all day and Outlook didn't even move on it's progress bar so he closed it because he couldn't get to his emails.
I guess you could copy his PST file over to yours, open it up, and juggle stuff around, then copy it back. And if he complains that shit is out of sync, tell him tough if he couldn't stay out of his emal.
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lwt1973King of ThievesSyndicationRegistered Userregular
Wish we had carts to push around. I have to carry everything by hand.
And we did try to archive his sent items but it took all day and Outlook didn't even move on it's progress bar so he closed it because he couldn't get to his emails.
Ouch. Been there but it was archiving for a business that was sold so I could let it just run and not have to concern myself with the user needing access.
"He's sulking in his tent like Achilles! It's the Iliad?...from Homer?! READ A BOOK!!" -Handy
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Mr_Rose83 Blue Ridge Protects the HolyRegistered Userregular
Also, you should be able to log into the google account and delete most of the shit from there... except probably sent. Tell him if he doesn't want to lose access to his email he has to do the work himself.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
I guess you could copy his PST file over to yours, open it up, and juggle stuff around, then copy it back. And if he complains that shit is out of sync, tell him tough if he couldn't stay out of his emal.
Ah I'm doubtful he'd be okay with this. I'm trying to see if just having thunderbird installed and then having it copy his emails locally if that would work.
At my previous job we used Google Apps. It was pain in the butt dealing with Outlook issues.
A significant part of them because when I started almost none of them were on 2007 yet, so we ran up against the 2GB pst limit a lot.
Then there was corruption issues. And IMAP being fucking weird.
I just accessed my email through the web page. I think one other guy did too.
If he's using IMAP, you can set his client to not sync his sent and deleted items other than headers. Then delete his PST and have it resync. It'll take a while, but it should keep it smaller. Is he actually running up agains the google inbox size limit, or just an unwieldy PST? If so that's pretty impressive.
Man what is this thread even going to be about once Honky gets his new job?
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Having just decided to go the Google Apps for Business route, I could possibly take over for a small amount of the "oh God, what is going on" that Honky will leave behind.
You could all bitch with me about how Google decided to sell a business product like Google Apps for Business but then made it neigh-upon impossible to have something as simple as a master-list of contacts.
/me is having some second thoughts about Google Apps, and the way Google decided to do this shit.
"whoops, looks like I lost all your email. Coincidentally, here's my two weeks notice"
I dream about doing something like that.
How close are they to offering up your contract?
Everything I submitted is supposedly enough to continue the background check. I'm hoping that end of today/tomorrow? My next concern is health insurance and whether or not we are paid up through the end of this month... Since we have our first ultrasound on the 28th to see the gender of the baby.
Having just decided to go the Google Apps for Business route, I could possibly take over for a small amount of the "oh God, what is going on" that Honky will leave behind.
You could all bitch with me about how Google decided to sell a business product like Google Apps for Business but then made it neigh-upon impossible to have something as simple as a master-list of contacts.
/me is having some second thoughts about Google Apps, and the way Google decided to do this shit.
I can usually offer up a stupid user story every day or so.
Having just decided to go the Google Apps for Business route, I could possibly take over for a small amount of the "oh God, what is going on" that Honky will leave behind.
You could all bitch with me about how Google decided to sell a business product like Google Apps for Business but then made it neigh-upon impossible to have something as simple as a master-list of contacts.
/me is having some second thoughts about Google Apps, and the way Google decided to do this shit.
I can usually offer up a stupid user story every day or so.
Let's see today's offerings. Then it shall be decided.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
"Can I have the hardware tracking number on your computer"
"Where do I find that?"
"It'll be a white sticker, not on the monitor, but on the tower part of the computer. It'll say 'Property of <our company>' and have a 6 digit number that starts with HWT."
"Oh. Ok. Is it Le2202?"
"No, that's the monitor model number."
"Ohh here it is. HWT123456"
*checks in LANDesk*
"Ok, I'm not pulling up a computer with that name. I think you gave me the number on the monitor. There will be a sticker on the other part of the computer, that looks like a box. The sticker will look exactly the same, except the number after the HWT will be a little bit different."
"Oh 0200123005."
"Ok, try this. Click on Start, then Run. Type in C M D, like Charlie Mike Delta."
"Ok. A black box came up."
"OK good. Now type in 'hostname', and hit enter."
"Where's that?"
/headdesk
Bonus story:
Helping a user with a password reset. The time has come for them to put in their new password.
They tried one with 6 characters.
"It needs to be at least 8 letters or numbers long. So you'll have to make it just a little longer."
*one minute of silence* Jesus christ you are a nurse I pray to God you know any 8 letter words at all
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TL DRNot at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered Userregular
Bonus story:
Helping a user with a password reset. The time has come for them to put in their new password.
They tried one with 6 characters.
"It needs to be at least 8 letters or numbers long. So you'll have to make it just a little longer."
*one minute of silence* Jesus christ you are a nurse I pray to God you know any 8 letter words at all
I usually either suggest adding a number/punctuation or just give them a temporary password and set their AD account to require a new one when logging in and let them deal with it on their own time.
Oh I know. I certainly do that when they're like, "but what can I change it to so that I can remember it". It's just when it takes them so long to come up with any combination of 8 characters it makes me sad. Like, I've seen the passwords you people use. Just add a 1 to your last name. I know that's what you've got in there.
Oh I know. I certainly do that when they're like, "but what can I change it to so that I can remember it". It's just when it takes them so long to come up with any combination of 8 characters it makes me sad. Like, I've seen the passwords you people use. Just add a 1 to your last name. I know that's what you've got in there.
Exactly the reason I took off the complexity requirements and do a hard requirement for 15 characters.
This way I say "think of a sentence that you can remember."
I found out people were writing down passwords and keeping them at their desk (in a drawer). I also found out the cleaning crew were using the office next door's computers because they didn't password at all. So I've had to kibosh that.
If I find a password written down in an easy to get to place, there's a good chance you get fired.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
We have no complexity requirements, at least on apps where we can choose, like AD. There's a couple that are hard coded in. On our main applications the only requirement is that it be between 8 and 14 characters. Anything that fits between those lengths.
Better than KMAP.
The password for that must be 6 letters followed by 2 numbers.
from the "I'm a doctor so I'm to busy to help you help me" file:
Coworker got a call Friday. There was a doctor having trouble with his computer. He was too busy to give any information, so he handed the phone to the house supervisor and walked away. She didn't have his first name much less his ID number. Didn't know what the problem was with the computer. Didn't have the hardware tracking number. When asked for the location just said "look, this is the house super. Just send someone to the ICU to fix this" and hung up.
So the guy called PC Tech lead and gave him the lowdown and the tech agreed with him that the ticket should just be closed because there was no way he was going to wander around the 7 different ICU's we have asking if anybody knew anybody who had a computer problem of some kind.
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Delete all his sent items.
"Tough luck man, did the best I could."
You're living in a Dilbert strip.
Fuck that, take all day on it. When I mean take all day, I mean, do it, and when questioned say "yeah it's copying... you have a lot of files" and go look at reddit all day.
Could be worse, they could have him setting up box fans.
And we did try to archive his sent items but it took all day and Outlook didn't even move on it's progress bar so he closed it because he couldn't get to his emails.
Ouch. Been there but it was archiving for a business that was sold so I could let it just run and not have to concern myself with the user needing access.
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DropBox invite link - get 500MB extra free.
Not gonna help much if his boss is using POP.
Is he using POP?
Ah I'm doubtful he'd be okay with this. I'm trying to see if just having thunderbird installed and then having it copy his emails locally if that would work.
I do... Is there a place to backup the email? I swear I looked for it.
A significant part of them because when I started almost none of them were on 2007 yet, so we ran up against the 2GB pst limit a lot.
Then there was corruption issues. And IMAP being fucking weird.
I just accessed my email through the web page. I think one other guy did too.
It's how CEOs establish dominance.
I dream about doing something like that.
How close are they to offering up your contract?
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
You could all bitch with me about how Google decided to sell a business product like Google Apps for Business but then made it neigh-upon impossible to have something as simple as a master-list of contacts.
/me is having some second thoughts about Google Apps, and the way Google decided to do this shit.
Everything I submitted is supposedly enough to continue the background check. I'm hoping that end of today/tomorrow? My next concern is health insurance and whether or not we are paid up through the end of this month... Since we have our first ultrasound on the 28th to see the gender of the baby.
I can usually offer up a stupid user story every day or so.
Let's see today's offerings. Then it shall be decided.
"Where do I find that?"
"It'll be a white sticker, not on the monitor, but on the tower part of the computer. It'll say 'Property of <our company>' and have a 6 digit number that starts with HWT."
"Oh. Ok. Is it Le2202?"
"No, that's the monitor model number."
"Ohh here it is. HWT123456"
*checks in LANDesk*
"Ok, I'm not pulling up a computer with that name. I think you gave me the number on the monitor. There will be a sticker on the other part of the computer, that looks like a box. The sticker will look exactly the same, except the number after the HWT will be a little bit different."
"Oh 0200123005."
"Ok, try this. Click on Start, then Run. Type in C M D, like Charlie Mike Delta."
"Ok. A black box came up."
"OK good. Now type in 'hostname', and hit enter."
"Where's that?"
/headdesk
Helping a user with a password reset. The time has come for them to put in their new password.
They tried one with 6 characters.
"It needs to be at least 8 letters or numbers long. So you'll have to make it just a little longer."
*one minute of silence*
Jesus christ you are a nurse I pray to God you know any 8 letter words at all
I usually either suggest adding a number/punctuation or just give them a temporary password and set their AD account to require a new one when logging in and let them deal with it on their own time.
Exactly the reason I took off the complexity requirements and do a hard requirement for 15 characters.
This way I say "think of a sentence that you can remember."
I found out people were writing down passwords and keeping them at their desk (in a drawer). I also found out the cleaning crew were using the office next door's computers because they didn't password at all. So I've had to kibosh that.
If I find a password written down in an easy to get to place, there's a good chance you get fired.
Better than KMAP.
The password for that must be 6 letters followed by 2 numbers.
from the "I'm a doctor so I'm to busy to help you help me" file:
Coworker got a call Friday. There was a doctor having trouble with his computer. He was too busy to give any information, so he handed the phone to the house supervisor and walked away. She didn't have his first name much less his ID number. Didn't know what the problem was with the computer. Didn't have the hardware tracking number. When asked for the location just said "look, this is the house super. Just send someone to the ICU to fix this" and hung up.
So the guy called PC Tech lead and gave him the lowdown and the tech agreed with him that the ticket should just be closed because there was no way he was going to wander around the 7 different ICU's we have asking if anybody knew anybody who had a computer problem of some kind.