After deleting a few hundred at a time, the folder got down to over 3,000 items. From there I followed Microsoft's suggestion in Q article (Q255244).
Thanks everyone for your suggestions!! > Open up the mailbox with the old Exchange client and delete the entire > folder. Open it up with Outlook and the folder will be recreated empty. > > Alternatively try smaller blocks, say 500-1000 at a time. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 12:37 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Journal Folder > > > Reformat the hd. > > --Kevinm CHFR, M, WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, And Beyond > http://www.daughtry.ca/ For Graphics and WebDesign, GO here! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Farquharson, > Andrea > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 9:37 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Journal Folder > > > Is there an easier way of deleting over 5,000 items within a user's > Journal folder, aside from deleting them one by one? If I highlight all > the documents and hit Shift + Del, it attempts to delete the items. > But, after a minute, it returns a message saying there is not enough > system memory to complete the operation. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > Thanks! > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
