Continuing Heavy E-mail Server Loads

The central e-mail servers have reached peak load levels several days in the past week. The problems have come about due to approximately 500 users who have e-mail software set to either - leave a copy of all e-mail messages on the server (large inboxes) or - to automatically check for new e-mail more than once every 15 minutes. How can you tell if you are contributing to the problem and what are the best practices for e-mail use? Read more...