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Maximum Charge Set for Central Storage of More Than 100 MB of Email

With the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1, the Computing Infrastructure Support Department has been charging employees for centrally stored IMAP email in excess of 100 megabytes (MB). To accommodate those employees who need very large amounts of email storage, primarily in connection with scientific research, a maximum monthly charge of $300 has been established. Most users of the Lab's IMAP email system won't need more than the 100 MB allocated to each user at no charge, but a few researchers have demonstrated a need for several hundred MB. CIS now charges $1.75 per month for each megabyte over the basic 100 MB allotment.

Employees can reduce or avoid email storage charges by regularly cleaning out messages in IMAP folders or by storing messages on their desktop computers. It's also important to regularly empty Trash folders as even messages sent to Trash count as stored mail. Click here for more tips on reducing your IMAP4 disk usage.