We are running exchange server 2003 and the administrator mailbox is grown to 11GB size , I need to delete the content without deleting the mailbox. Of course I can't do that manually it will take ages. Please advise of the best way to delete the content of that mailbox on the server

Hi soso2011 Removing messages on Exchange 2003 using ExMerge The ExMerge utility can be used to extract mail items from mailboxes located on legacy Exchange Server versions. Follow the steps in KB HOW TO: Remove a Virus-Infected Message from Mailboxes by Using the ExMerge.exe Tool to remove unwanted messages from user mailboxes Here is a good article for your thread,please follow it to resolve your issue. http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2010/10/27/3411398.aspx thanks, Jeff TechNet

On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:06:08 +0000, soso2011 wrote: >We are running exchange server 2003 and the administrator mailbox is grown to 11GB size , I need to delete the content without deleting the mailbox. Of course I can't do that manually it will take ages. Please advise of the best way to delete the content of that mailbox on the server Use the mailbox manager policies to empty the mailbox. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Hi everyone, Thanks for your replies. As in exmerge my understanding that it's simler to PST file and it will crash with a file of that size (11GB) I will give it ago anyway. As in Mailbox manager policies , I'm not sure which one is that. Are you talking about delete mailbox task under exchange tasks?

On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:17:13 +0000, soso2011 wrote: > > >Hi everyone, Thanks for your replies. As in exmerge my understanding that it's simler to PST file and it will crash with a file of that size (11GB) I will give it ago anyway. > >As in Mailbox manager policies , I'm not sure which one is that. Are you talking about delete mailbox task under exchange tasks? Nope. Right-click "Recipient Policies" and then "New | Recipient Policy..." and check the "Mailbox Manager Settings". --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Hi soso, Right-click "Recipient Policies" and then "New | Recipient Policy and then check the "Mailbox Manager Settings". regards, Jeff TechNet

Thanks my understanding is polices you can apply to all mailboxes , can you pick only one mailbox to apply the polices on? I only need to clear the administrator mailbox so how to do that using polices?

On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 03:08:18 +0000, soso2011 wrote: >Thanks my understanding is polices you can apply to all mailboxes , can you pick only one mailbox to apply the polices on? I only need to clear the administrator mailbox so how to do that using polices? Put some unique value in a custom attribute and create the ldap filter for the mailbox manager policy to act only on mailboxes that contain that value in that custom attribute. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Hi everyone, I have used exmerge but no luck it ran for 8 hours and only done 300MB so I had to cancel it. for polices I'm not sure if there is any unique value that reletaes to all those message and only deletes them from the Administrator mailbox. Is there a field to specify to or from on the polices if so maybe I can maybe I can set it if the receiver or sender is user administrator then delet all the message?

On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:18:45 +0000, soso2011 wrote: >I have used exmerge but no luck it ran for 8 hours and only done 300MB so I had to cancel it. for polices I'm not sure if there is any unique value that reletaes to all those message and only deletes them from the Administrator mailbox. Is there a field to specify to or from on the polices if so maybe I can maybe I can set it if the receiver or sender is user administrator then delet all the message? The value doesn't relate to any messages, it's something you'll use to identify the mailbox. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

I'm still not sure what will be the value to identify that mailbox, can it be the mailbox name? otherwise I will be a bit worried it might delete messages from other user mailboxes.

See below on how to create one. If you want, you can create a AD group and put the mailbox in question in there and target that group. If you need to perform this on any other mailboxes then you can simply just add the mailbox to the group. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319188Sukh

On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:26:00 +0000, soso2011 wrote: >I'm still not sure what will be the value to identify that mailbox, can it be the mailbox name? Yes, it can. >otherwise I will be a bit worried it might delete messages from other user mailboxes. I'll bet there's no other mailbox with a value of "pleasedeleteallmymessagesrightnow!" in Custom Attribute 15 anywhere in your organization. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP