Absolutely the easiest (and fastest)...came across a mailbox last week with over 8 million messages in the deleted items container. Not sure what I was thinking when I clicked on Deleted Items...like it would ever open... I ended up killing Outlook and running disable-mailbox...ridiculous.
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 7:29 AM, John Hornbuckle < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had thought about that method. Didn't know if there was an easier way, > but I suppose it doesn't get much easier than two or three commands… > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Monday, October 13, 2008 10:04 AM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Cleaning a Mailbox > > > > Disable-mailbox <mailbox-id> > > Clean-mailboxdatabase <mailbox-database-id> > > Enable-mailbox <mailbox-id> > > > > The clean-mailboxdatabase isn't theoretically required, but I like to throw > it in there. > > > > Note that this actually removes the mailbox from a user and creates a new > one for the user. If that isn't actually what you want, tell us more. :-0 > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP > > My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael > > Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange > > > > *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Monday, October 13, 2008 9:29 AM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Cleaning a Mailbox > > > > With Exchange 2007, what's the easiest way to delete all of the messages > from a specific mailbox? > > > > > > > > John Hornbuckle > > MIS Department > > Taylor County School District > > 318 North Clark Street > > Perry, FL 32347 > > > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~