My disconnected mailboxes are not being purged. The deletion settings for deleted mailboxes on my Exchange 2007 databases are set to 30 days. There is no option to purge them in the EMC. How do i find out why the deletion process is failing and how do I delete these mailboxes? thank you

Remove-Mailbox -Database <Database-Name> -StoreMailboxIdentity <MailboxGuid> -confirm:$falsehttp://msmvps.com/blogs/andersonpatricio/archive/2007/10/08/removing-disconnected-mailboxes-in-exchange-server-2007.aspxCapecolMCSA - MCTS Exchange Server 2007 - 2010

On Wed, 20-Jan-10 02:29:44 GMT, commander73 wrote:>My disconnected mailboxes are not being purged. The deletion settings for deleted mailboxes on my Exchange 2007 databases are set to 30 days. There is no option to purge them in the EMC. How do i find out why the deletion process is failing and how do I delete these mailboxes? thank you Try the "Clean-MailboxDatabase" command in the EMS first. Then refreshthe view on the "Disconnected Mailboxes" in the EMC.---Rich MatheisenMCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP