I've used this method several times, even for a "quick disaster recovery". As long as the directory is OK, it will work fine.
-----Original Message----- From: Petschow, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 11:13 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: cleaning a mailbox I don't have a lab. How about if I just copy the current priv to another location and if things don't work I just copy it back. I'm scheduled to do this in 20 minutes so I'll see what happens. Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 10:07 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: cleaning a mailbox > > > Nope. They are all in the dir. > > I have never done this before, but I don't see what it > wouldn't work. You > may want to test it in the lab first. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Petschow, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 7:56 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: cleaning a mailbox > > > That sounds like a good idea. Do I need to do anything after > it creates the > new priv.edb to sync up the accounts. > > Jeff > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 9:39 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: cleaning a mailbox > > > > > > You could literally delete the priv.edb file. > > That will delete all the data, and when you restart Exch, it > > will create a > > new empty one. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Petschow, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 7:34 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: cleaning a mailbox > > > > > > I have an exchange 5.5 server that is only used by students > that take > > training classes in Outlook. After each semester I want to delete > > everything in the mailboxes. I have been using mailbox manager but I > > have not found out > > how to remove future appointments from the calendar. Also > > meeting requests > > sometimes do not get deleted. Is there some way to completely remove > > everything. There are 300 mailboxes on this server. > > > > Thanks, > > Jeff Petschow > > College of DuPage > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
