Dear all I use exchange 2010. I disabled a email account . but now I want to delete it. How can I delete it? thank youjohn

Hi Lee, For example, try the cmdlet below, Remove-StoreMailbox -Database MBD01 -Identity Ayla -MailboxState SoftDeleted For more information refer to the topic below, Permanently Delete a Disconnected MailboxMCTS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007/2010 | MCSA

thank you but how to delete a disable account with EMC john

John , By default when you disable Email account , it will get deleted once it crosses Retention policy (30 days). There is a difference between disabling and removing the email account. When you disable a email box it only removes Exchange attributes for user accounts. But when you remove email box then , both user account , emailbox associated with that user account will get deleted. Refer below link to understand this better.. http://exchangeserverpro.com/exchange-2010-difference-between-remove-and-disable-mailbox http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee861106.aspx If you have already disabled email account , now if you want to delete them before they reach Retention policy. https://msmvps.com/blogs/andersonpatricio/archive/2007/10/08/removing-disconnected-mailboxes-in-exchange-server-2007.aspx Hope this information helps you. Regards, _Prashant_MCSA|MCITP SA|Microsoft Exchange 2003 Blog - http://prashant1987.wordpress.com Disclaimer: This posting is provided AS-IS with no warranties/guarantees and confers no rights.

There isn't any ways to delete the disabled mailbox from EMC, only delete it with the AD account. MCTS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007/2010 | MCSA

Hi, When disabling a mailbox from Exchange 2010, the Exchange attributes in the Active Directory user account get remove as well, but the email field in the AD user account general tab still shows the email address. It is by design with Exchange 2010 that the email field in AD user account remain unchanged when disabling mailboxes. So it's safe to remove the emails address manually from the user account in AD as its no more associated with the mailbox or Exchange. Hope it helps. ThanksSophia Xu TechNet Community Support