Hi We have multiple exchange 2003 sp2 servers in a single Org. We are in the process of of removing an Exchange server, there are around 15 mailboxes that would not move, these mailboxes are no longer in use as the last logon time is by the engineer that was dealing with it over a month ago however the AD account for the mailboxes still exists and are enabled, if i compare the Exchange tabs to an account that's working they all look identical. The mailboxes also open fine using outlook. When we right click on any of the mailbox in ESM the "Exchange Tasks" option is not listed and the purge and reconnect options are greyed out we believe this could be because the original engineer has made changes in ADSI edit in an attempt to fix it but actually made it worse however we wont know as hes no longer here. We have tried to run the clean up agent but it doesnt resolve the issue Anyone got any ideas Thanks Nick

Try moving those mailboxes from one store to another and try deleting it. and if there are no mailboxes in store - you can try dismount this database and create new database and try removing users. as you said mailboxes are not in use. And if you want to compare what going wrong with these specific mailboxes as something got changed by some engineer. Give me LDP dump for a working user and other of non-woking user. i will let you know what is missing. Best Rgds, Ashish | Unified Comunication | MCTS | MCITP | Please remember to select option "Propose As Answer" if solution work for you | My posts hold no assurances, no promises, and they measured no rights.

Hi Ashish I did try to send it earlier but it didnt come up so hopefully this works, Thanks Using server: MAINDC01.northeast.MYDOMAIN.LOCAL:389 Directory: Windows Server 2003 Base DN: DC=northeast,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=LOCAL dn:CN=Turner Holly Herts,OU=Users,OU=North ,DC=northeast,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=LOCAL >objectClass: top >objectClass: person >objectClass: organizationalPerson >objectClass: user >cn: Turner Holly Herts >sn: Turner >description: North East SUSSEX , >physicalDeliveryOfficeName: Student - LD, 1 London Road >telephoneNumber: 01288 676767 >givenName: Holly >distinguishedName: CN=Turner Holly Herts,OU=Users,OU=North ,DC=northeast,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=LOCAL >instanceType: 4 >whenCreated: 20081127112034.0Z >whenChanged: 20101206123432.0Z >displayName: Turner Holly Herts >uSNCreated: 47886028 >memberOf: CN=GG-NORTHEAST,OU=Groups,OU=North ,DC=northeast,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=LOCAL >memberOf: CN=North ,OU=Groups,OU=North ,DC=northeast,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=LOCAL >memberOf: CN=North East SUSSEX,OU=Distribution Lists,OU=Exchange,DC=northeast,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=LOCAL >uSNChanged: 205964296 >altRecipient: CN=Turner Holly Herts,OU=Herts Partnership,OU=Exchange,DC=northeast,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=LOCAL >department: RR7 >company: Hertfordshire Limited >homeMTA: CN=Microsoft MTA,CN=EXCH01,CN=Servers,CN=SUSSEX,CN=Administrative Groups,CN=SUSSEX,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=LOCAL >proxyAddresses: SMTP:holly.turner@northeast.com >proxyAddresses: smtp:Holly.Turner@northeast.net >proxyAddresses: X400:c=GB;a=ABC;p=ABC NATIONAL;o=SUSSEX;s=Turner;g=Holly; >homeMDB: CN=A - E Mailbox Store,CN=First Storage Group,CN=InformationStore,CN=EXCH01,CN=Servers,CN=SUSSEX,CN=Administrative Groups,CN=SUSSEX,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=LOCAL >mDBUseDefaults: TRUE >mailNickname: holly turner >name: Turner Holly Herts >objectGUID: {4A5FAC51-B23C-4D2E-A2E5-79F2AD1DE62F} >userAccountControl: 512 >badPwdCount: 3 >codePage: 0 >countryCode: 0 >badPasswordTime: 129291005458788771 >lastLogoff: 0 >lastLogon: 129266019668087639 >scriptPath: gprimer.bat >logonHours: FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FF >pwdLastSet: 129259935611040092 >primaryGroupID: 513 >objectSid: S-1-5-21-698033288-1673991127-923749875-117551 >accountExpires: 0 >logonCount: 7 >sAMAccountName: HTurner >sAMAccountType: 805306368 >showInAddressBook: CN=Herts,CN=All Address Lists,CN=Address Lists Container,CN=SUSSEX,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=LOCAL >showInAddressBook: CN=Default Global Address List,CN=All Global Address Lists,CN=Address Lists Container,CN=SUSSEX,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=LOCAL >showInAddressBook: CN=All Users,CN=All Address Lists,CN=Address Lists Container,CN=SUSSEX,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=LOCAL >legacyExchangeDN: /O=ABC NATIONAL/OU=SUSSEX/cn=Recipients/cn=Holly.Turner >userPrincipalName: Holly.Turner@northeast.MYDOMAIN.LOCAL >lockoutTime: 129291005458788771 >objectCategory: CN=Person,CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=LOCAL >dSCorePropagationData: 20101115110032.0Z >dSCorePropagationData: 20101111150432.0Z >dSCorePropagationData: 20101111150432.0Z >dSCorePropagationData: 20101111150240.0Z >dSCorePropagationData: 16010728142609.0Z >msDS-Site-Affinity: {2C37851C-D243-43B1-9406-7CCEC12A066F} - 129265186006764430 >msDS-Site-Affinity: {0AC98410-EC13-4D53-862A-B5065B497EAD} - 129260753424889746 >msDS-Site-Affinity: {A6C848AC-8159-464E-BF94-A09CC2F761D2} - 128874539795606494 >lastLogonTimestamp: 129283241305981884 >textEncodedORAddress: c=GB;a=ABC;p=ABC NATIONAL;o=SUSSEX;s=Turner;g=Holly; >mail: holly.turner@northeast.com >msExchPoliciesIncluded: {35A24391-C0BD-4C42-A3BD-846B05630466},{26491CFC-9E50-4857-861B-0CB8DF22B5D7} >msExchHomeServerName: /o=ABC NATIONAL/ou=SUSSEX/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/cn=EXCH01 >msExchALObjectVersion: 239 >msExchMailboxSecurityDescriptor: {Security Descriptor} >msExchUserAccountControl: 0 >msExchMailboxGuid: {01F3EAEB-59AB-4364-BE8A-6585B6D45890} 1 Objects returned

Since all the mailboxes are not in use, we can directly do and delete the store from ADSIEDIT. I dont see any issues with the LDP dump. Try moving the mailboxes in the same server and see if that works.

Hi Is there an article anywhere on the correct way to do this via adsiedit, i dont want to delete any incorrect entrys. Thanks

following articles should help you: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833396 How to remove Exchange Server 2003 from your computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/273478 How to completely remove Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 from Active DirectoryBest Rgds, Ashish | Unified Comunication | MCTS | MCITP | Please remember to select option "Propose As Answer" if solution work for you | My posts hold no assurances, no promises, and they measured no rights.