Public folder in exchange 2003 is reaching its maximum size what should i do? Its is almost 74 GB. How to decompress if I have to? Please Help me, not sure what sould i do! Thank you in advance, Akitan

Can you bring up another server? You could create a new PF store on it and move some replicas.

Hi Sukh828, I know how to make an offlive defrag but I am not sure how to replicaet acroos and delete the old one..can you please let me know the steps..Thank you very much! Akitan

Create a new PF DB then add the this to the replica list for the PF Folders using ESM or PFDAVAdmin.Sukh

do i have to create the new database to an external drive? Then copy this database to the replica list and then run the replication process? Akitan

No, what I am saying is create a new PF DB on a new server, then add this new PF DB as a replica, and let replication take place. You can place this on any drive which is connected to Exch as you see fit.Sukh

There isn't any other server, only the current one.. Akitan

Then you have a issue, I would then use one of the other options above, unless you can get hold of a temp server/PC.Sukh

Ok Sukh, I will try an offline defrag and see what happens.. do you have any idea how long it might take? In order to do it during the weekend or over a night.. Thank you very much for your help!Akitan

Roughly about 4-5 hours for about 50GB.Sukh

Hi, Please backup the database and then do offline defragement. I recommend you to use recipient policy to limit the size of the public folder How to use recipient policies to control mailboxes in Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319188 Besides, you can try to move message which is old enough and do not want to be deleted from public folder to PST file Xiu Zhang TechNet Community Support