The TotalDeletedItems count continues to grow even though the default retention for deleted items is 14 days. It seems items are not automatically leaving the Recoverable Items area. There are no quotas on the database or mailbox but I expect the TotalDeletedItems count to drop at some point. This is a new installation and has been operational for about 60 days so it's been more then enough time for items to start being deleted. I saw where Exchange 2010 SP1 RU3 was supposed to fix a similar issue for Mac clients. Any assistance on what I should do? Thanks, MichaelMichael Chapman, Solutions Consultant

Do you have mailbox store maintenance scheduled to run? Is there anything in the event log during the scheduled mailbox store maintenance period?Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."

On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:05:59 +0000, MSChapman7608 wrote: >The TotalDeletedItems count continues to grow even though the default retention for deleted items is 14 days. It seems items are not automatically leaving the Recoverable Items area. There are no quotas on the database or mailbox but I expect the TotalDeletedItems count to drop at some point. This is a new installation and has been operational for about 60 days so it's been more then enough time for items to start being deleted. I saw where Exchange 2010 SP1 RU3 was supposed to fix a similar issue for Mac clients. Any assistance on what I should do? Are your databases configured to NOT permanently remove items until a "normal" (i.e. full) backup has successfully completed? Have you made such a backup? --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Hi Michael, Any updates? Please also check whether you enable the Legal Hold for the mailbox. Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.