Exchange Server Forums

WHat is the Mailbox Cleanup Agent?

Users viewing this topic: none

Logged in as: Guest

Printable Version

All Forums >> [Microsoft Exchange 2000] >> Information Stores >> WHat is the Mailbox Cleanup Agent?

Page: [1]

Message

<< Older Topic Newer Topic >>

Limited time MSExchange.org offer! -- 1.Sep.2008 1:00:00 PM

TechGenix and SolarWinds have partnered to provide free copies of SolarWinds Exchange Monitor to all visitors who join the MSExchange.org Forums. SolarWinds Exchange Monitor is a handy desktop dashboard that continuously monitors Microsoft Exchange to deliver real-time insight into Exchange services, mail queue sizes, and host server health. Learn more about Exchange Monitor and the free offer!

WHat is the Mailbox Cleanup Agent? - 24.Oct.2002 10:02:00 PM

Spelurker

Posts: 22
Joined: 1.Oct.2002
From: Tyler, TX
Status: offline

If you expand "Mailbox Store" and then right-click on "Mailboxes", there is an option to "Run Cleanup Agent."
What does this do exactly?
Thanks in advance.

Post #: 1

Featured Links*

RE: WHat is the Mailbox Cleanup Agent? - 1.Nov.2002 6:59:00 PM

koggen

Posts: 980
Joined: 31.Oct.2001
From: G�teborg - Sweden
Status: offline

"Starts a Cleanup process that updates the information about orphaned/reconnected mailboxes", that's the information that Exchange displays when you move the mouse over this option. Basically, that's just what it does.

To give you an idea of when it could be used consider the following situation: assume you have configured your server to keep deleted mailboxes for some time period. You accidentaly delete a user account or delete the Exchange server mailbox with the AD Directory and Users snap-in. If you run the cleanup agent the system will display that there is an orphaned mailbox (a mailbox without owner) because you set the option to retain deleted mailboxes. If you then create a new account you can associate that account to the orphaned mailbox so that the user can open his or her mailbox again. Running the agent again will display the mailbox as normal again.

If you really intended to delete the users and/or mailbox and want to remove it directly from the system (without waiting the specied amount of time) you run the agent and then right-click the orphaned mailbox and choose purge. The mailbox is then deleted directly and can only be restored from e.g. a system backup.

// Johan

(in reply to Spelurker)

Post #: 2