Could you back up the mail server instead of the clients?  I've used exmerge (a 
free-of-charge MS utility) to break the exchange store up into individual pst 
files -- then use BackupPC to back them up.  They will not get locked.

-Rob

On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 11:02:27AM +0000, Terry wrote:
> Hi every one. I have a small work group of vista laptops who come into 
> the office and connect using wireless and dhcp.
> I am looking to backup there my documents and there pst file which tend 
> to be a round 2 to 3 GB.
> The one big snag is there pst files are mostly going to be open and even 
> when they close out look the outlook process may still be running due to 
> add ons they have such as act etc.
> Any pointers or experiences welcome. Or am I going to be banging my head 
> against a brick wall.
> 
> The plus point is I have a freebsd server to use. I am in the middle of 
> setting up backuppc at home now for some testing
> 
> Thanks
> Terry
> 
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