Have you tried running clean-mailboxdatabase against that particular mdb? that should check those mailboxes again and mark those that are disconnected as such.
-alex On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Ehren Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another interesting tidbit is when I use get-mailboxstatistics I can see > all 3 of this guys mailboxes (only one of them being the one that is > actually in use, the other 2 were 'disabled') however when I use get-mailbox > it only shows the one that is currently enabled and in use. > > Ehren J. Benson, MCSE > Windows Systems Administrator > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 517-884-5469 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ehren Benson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 3:15 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Removing mailboxes (for good dang it!) > > Since they are still in the "system" I believe there is a way you can get > the guid of the "bad" mailbox and get rid of it with a powershell command > but of course I haven't figured out how to do that. > > I already tried what you suggest and it is suprising that it didn't work. > Generally when you 'disable' a mailbox it goes into the disconnected area > and I use the PS command I pasted before to get rid of it. Its unexpected > that it not show up in the disconnected area. > > If anyone knows how to do what I think works above I would love to know the > commands, I will keep looking in the meantime. > > Ehren J. Benson, MCSE > Windows Systems Administrator > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 517-884-5469 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michelle Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:45 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Removing mailboxes (for good dang it!) > > So you didn't disconnect. You just disabled. I must have missed that > little tidbit (you know, the important part). > > If you have a little time and a cooperative customer, disconnect her > current mailbox, re-enable the old one, delete it, then reconnect the > current. It shouldn't take more than 5 minutes. You could also get > creative about the mail that might get bounced in those five minutes, by > forwarding it to another account then deleting the forwarding. It > depends on how important it is that mail always be deliverable, if 5 - > 10 minutes really matter that much (or time it so you do it at night). > > I don't know how else you can get rid of a disabled mailbox since I > don't think disabled mailboxes will ever purge. Hopefully someone else > has an ingenious plan. I'd just do it the hard way. > > Michelle > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ehren Benson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:29 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Removing mailboxes (for good dang it!) > > I can not reconnect it because it is not listed in the disconnected > mailboxes list, which is the original issue. :) > > Thanks > > Ehren J. Benson, MCSE > Windows Systems Administrator > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 517-884-5469 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michelle Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 12:56 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Removing mailboxes (for good dang it!) > > Can you connect it to another user object and then delete? You > obviously can't reconnect it to the orignal user. > > Michelle Weaver > System Administrator - Materials Research Institute Pennsylvania State > University > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ehren Benson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 12:10 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Removing mailboxes (for good dang it!) > > Sorry, if it wasn't clear this is exchange 2007. > > > > Thanks > > > > Ehren J. Benson, MCSE > > Windows Systems Administrator > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 517-884-5469 > > > > From: Ehren Benson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 12:04 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Removing mailboxes (for good dang it!) > > > > Hi- > > > > This should be a quickie.... > > > > I learned a while back (the hard way) the difference between "disable" > and "remove" for mailboxes. Luckily (or not) it was on my own mailbox. > Anyway...there is a user on our systems whose data got completely > convoluted by their own doings....so I DISABLED their mailbox and > created a new one. Now presumably the old one would go to the > "disconnected mailboxes" list and I would delete it for good with this > powershell command.... > > > > Get-MailboxStatistics > <http://www.exchangeninjas.com/Get-mailboxstatistics> -database > "server\db" | where {$_.disconnectdate -ne $null} | foreach > {Remove-mailbox -database $_.database -storemailboxidentity > $_.mailboxguid} > > > > Hooooowever for some reason it does not go to the disconnected mailbox > list, but I still want to delete it because I don't want this 3.3GB > mailbox floating around in limbo somewhere. When I run the powershell > command... > > > > Get-MailboxStatistics | sort-object TotalItemSize | format-table > DisplayName, > @{expression={$_.TotalItemSize.Value.ToMB()};label="TotalItemSize(MB)"} > > > > To see a list of all of our mailboxes with the sizes in MB sorted > smallest to biggest I can still see the old one at the bottom of the > list (because its huge) and the new one which I am currently filling > with all of his good data closer to the top. So its in the system > somewhere but not in the disconnected list. > > > > How do I smoke the thing? > > > > Many thanks! > > > > Feel free to copy my PS commands if you don't currently have them in > your "handy commands" list J > > > > Ehren J. 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