Server - Exchange 5.5 SP4 + hotfixes on Win2k SP2 Workstation - WinXP SP1 I am trying to automagically clean out my admin mailbox from my workstation, using the Exchange Admin Console. Due to brute force spamming, this mailbox has over 171k NDR's in it that I don't need or want. They were received between 8/29 and 8/1. After highlighting the mailbox and going to the Tools | Clean Mailbox... option, I have selected a number of items as follows.
- Older than 5 days, based on received date. - Both read and unread - All Sensitivity types - All message types - Delete items immediately Once started, the tool sits at 1% for a considerable amount of time and then it's 100% finished and goes away. The first time it ran, I got the 1010, 1012, and 1011 events in that order, but it only got rid of ~1,000 items. On that run, I told it to delete anything older than 15 days. I have since run it 3 more times, incrementing the number of days down, until I am at 5. Since the first run, it has only deleted a maximum of 7 messages at a time. Also, when logging into the mailbox after completion, it does not reflect any messages having been deleted. After trying to figure out why, I came upon these two items in the KB which seem to be completely contradictory...which one is correct? One of them HAS to be right...doesn't it? Or are they both right and that's why nothings getting deleted? What is the difference between the Clean Mailbox tool and the Mailbox Manager tool? http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;180569 180569 - XADM: Counting Age in Clean Mailbox http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;188302 188302 - XADM: Clean Mailbox Command Cannot Delete Based on Date Received This seems to answer my question and indicate that I need to give PSS a call for the patch: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;297686 297686 - XADM: Mailbox Manager Cleans Messages According to PR_LAST_MODIFICATION_TIME in Service Pack 4 Additional info I've read: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305109 305109 - XADM: Exchange Server 5.5 Mailbox Manager Overview http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;258758 258758 - XADM: Understanding How and When Mailbox Manager Processes Items TIA, ~Jim _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
