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One of the most common design considerations for archiving is where to store the data.

This seems like a fairly simply solved issue until you run into issues of scale. Quantity.

Some file systems have definite limits on the number of files you can store, on the total size of the volume(s) and whether or not you can just add to it.

It is vitally important that you overestimate your total storage needs before choosing where to store your data.

If you choose a file system with a hard limit and a year or two down the road, you run out of space ... you might be unable to continue to use your system. You might even have to create a new archive. That diminishes the usefulness of having everything in one place.

GroupLink to be Gold Sponsor at GWAVACon San Diego/Del Mar 2008.

GWAVACon is The GroupWise Conference. GWAVACon attracts attendees and developers from around the world.

"GWAVACon is a tremendous opportunity to meet with hundreds of Novell GroupWise users. There really isn't a better place to showcase our technology" said David Turner, President of GroupLink.

According to Richard Bliss, Chief Marketing Officer for GWAVA, "GroupLink brings tremendous value to GroupWise customers. Having them be a sponsor at GWAVACon San Diego/Del Mar, shows the wide range of opportunities customers have to learn about all things GroupWise."

Now that you're ready to move to GWAVA 4, one of the most common questions that comes up is "how do I migrate my GWAVA 3 configuration?".

That's a great question and we even have a wizard built in to GWAVA 4 for this.

After the discussion, you will see why we generally recommend the you start up a new configuration rather than importing an old one.

Let's think about this for a moment and see what exactly we DO have in the GWAVA 3 configuration that we would want to migrate.

1) spam configuration. You've spent a lot of time, perhaps, in optimizing your antispam engine. There are two points about this.

While GWAVA 4 on NetWare is still on beta, some clients would like to take advantage of the tremendous power of GWAVA 4 today.

GWAVA 4 is available NOW for Linux and as a GWAVA customer, you're entitled to it if your maintenance is up to date.

This is also a great way to simply test drive GWAVA 4.

We will be taking advantage of GWAVA 4's new GWIA scanning ability to do this. Scanning at the GWIA has a lot of advantages for Internet mail. For scanning between post offices, you will still need to use GWAVA's traditional MTA interface.

So let's begin.

Start by setting up a Linux box. It doesn't have to be anything special. I would recommend using SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10. (SLES 10). It's easy to set up and very reliable.

Here is a link to a story by Associated Press about a top spammer, dubbed a "Spam King" who was arrested yesterday.

Technically, it outlines how this spammer has been using all of the latest techniques to get his messages out - techniques which are effectively controlled by GWAVA 4.

What I find interesting is that this person made over 3/4 of a million dollars spamming and his fine is only 1/4 of a million. It's a lot of money but that would leave him with a half million dollars in the end.

So there is really no need to wonder what motivates spammers. We just need to continue to protect ourselves against fraud artists like them.