I'm new to exchaneg. Is there a command to delete the contents of a mailbox without deleting the mailbox?

I'm new to exchange. Is there a command to delete the contents of a mailbox without deleting the mailbox? One of our programmers has been using the administrator mailbox to have confirmations sent to. Well no one checks this account and now there are ALOT of unread messages. When I try to access the account it completely locks up exchange 2007.

The only way i can think off is exporting the mails thorugh shell command to a pst file.see the set of commands for exporting the mails from mail box http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb266964(EXCHG.80).aspxRaj

Please ask one ques. for the same issue. Follow your query here http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvrgeneral/thread/fa6425b2-beae-49ee-a969-025d53cceb40Raj

Thanks for responding Raj. When you do this does it copy the contents or completely remove the contents and place them in pst?

It will remove the contents and move them to the pst.Raj

On Thu, 11-Feb-10 16:59:23 GMT, Tikk wrote:>>>I'm new to exchange. Is there a command to delete the contents of a mailbox without deleting the mailbox? One of our programmers has been using the administrator mailbox to have confirmations sent to. Well no one checks this account and now there are ALOT of unread messages. When I try to access the account it completely locks up exchange 2007. If all the messages are in a standard folder (e.g. "Inbox") you canadd a new Managed Default Folder, a new Managed Content Settings, anda new Managed Folder Mailbox Policy. Then add that policy to the user.Use the start-managedfolderassistant with the -mailbox parameter andthe mailbox will be handled a lot more efficiently than Outlook does.---Rich MatheisenMCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP