Hello, We want to clean Exchange 2010 server. I need to extract emails (with specified subjects) to a Windows folder and delete these extracted emails. Export-Mailbox seems to be answer; but it removes directly (with -deletecontent) or moves to a specific mailbox. Is this the correct method? Thank you, Regards...TT

i find this useful http://msexchangeguru.com/2010/11/13/e2010-export-mailbox/

@Thank you @Arunkumar The article you mentioned explains exporting mailbox. But I need to delete specific emails from all mailboxes. Deleted e-mails must be stored in a backup file such as PST. TT

Yes you are on target, check out http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2006/11/28/3397373.aspx Get-mailbox -database 'DB1' | export-mailbox –SubjectKeywords "Confidential" -TargetFolder "ConfidentialData" -TargetMailbox Administrator –DeleteContent This is an excellent write up as well http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange-server-2007/management-administration/exchange-2007-sp1-mailbox-management-part1.html Troy Werelius www.Lucid8.com Search, Recover, & Extract Mailboxes, Folders, & Email Items from Offline EDB's and Live Exchange Servers with Lucid8's DigiScope

Thanks @Troy, We decided to delete emails without target mailbox and folder by using the command you specified. Best regards,TT

Happy to assist!Troy Werelius www.Lucid8.com Search, Recover, & Extract Mailboxes, Folders, & Email Items from Offline EDB's and Live Exchange Servers with Lucid8's DigiScope