POLICIES AND PROCEDURES |Technology Services | 7.9 GroupWise Space | 7.9.1 Procedure



GroupWise Space Usage Procedure

Rationale
The purpose of the GroupWise Space Usage Policy is to maintain the health of the college e-mail system and to help control its cost.  The potential for errors associated with users’ mailboxes increases as the e-mail system continues to grow.  An error in one user’s mailbox affects many other users’ mailboxes because they are in a common database.  The fewer items and megabytes of data the e-mail system must track, the healthier the e-mail system is.


Also, there are costs associated with providing server disk space for users.  These costs are directly related to the number of users and the amount of space each user occupies.  The demands on server space continue to increase as the college adds users and these users make e-mail an integral part of their jobs.  Although the cost of storage is becoming more reasonable, there is always a need to control these costs.