Folks, Do you know if Exchange 2007 has the ability to enforce "empty deleted items upon exiting outlook? I know, it is possible through GPO. But I would like to know, if it possible via exchange 2007 server. ThanksFunnyghost

You could create a new managed folder policy for the Deleted Items folder to have it delete and allow recovery or permanently delete after one day or something like that.

That, I knew already. I set it to 7 days as a retention period. But if users closes their outlook, it should wipe-out the mails from deleted items folder. Through Outlook, we can automate it. Also, through group policy we can push it all the client machine which is having outlook client installed. But in exchange 2007, through powershell...is it possible? ThanksFunnyghost

That is a client setting, not something that you can configure through Exchange, other than what has already been suggested. Simon.Simon Butler, Exchange MVP Blog | Exchange Resources | In the UK? Hire Me.

On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:31:38 +0000, FunnyGhost wrote: > > >That, I knew already. I set it to 7 days as a retention period. But if users closes their outlook, it should wipe-out the mails from deleted items folder. Through Outlook, we can automate it. Also, through group policy we can push it all the client machine which is having outlook client installed. > >But in exchange 2007, through powershell...is it possible? No. Exchange has no idea that you've exited Outlook. You're asking about client-side processes. If you have a policy that states that the deleted items that haven't been modified for more than a day should be removed then a managed folder policy is the way to deal with it from the server side. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

By the way, in Exchange 2010, you can enforce "Empty the Deleted Items folder when I sign out" for OWA by cmdlet Set-MailboxMessageConfiguration -EmptyDeletedItemsOnLogoff: Set-MailboxMessageConfiguration http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd638117.aspxFrank Wang TechNet Community Support