HOW DO I DELETE OLD EMAILS ON A MICROSOFT EXCHANGE SERVER

[ALYM]

i HAVE A FILE SERVER WITH MICROSOFT EXCHANGE FOR EMAILS
THE WORK STATIONS GET THEIR MAIL FROM IT
WHEN i INSTALL A NEW WORK STATION AND SET UP THE EMAIL ACCOUNT IT DOWNLOADS
3-4 YEARS OF EMAILS
THE WORKSTATIONS ARE SET TO DELETE FILES AFTER 14 DAYS
BUT HOW DO YOU DELETE OLD MAIL OFF THE SERVER

 

[BillyBob]

Alym,

Before you attempt to delete the emails off of the server, I would fix a
couple of hardware issues with your keyboard.

Firstly, your Caps Lock key is stuck in the locked position. Typing in all
caps is difficult to read and construed as SCREAMING.

Secondly, your comma (,) and period (.) keys are not working. There is not
one character of punctuation in your text.

Is that how you learned to write ? Type like you are writing a book.

BB

"ALYM" <ALYM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:16BE6682-9F51-4F24-89C6-CCFA011F6762@microsoft.com...
>i HAVE A FILE SERVER WITH MICROSOFT EXCHANGE FOR EMAILS
> THE WORK STATIONS GET THEIR MAIL FROM IT
> WHEN i INSTALL A NEW WORK STATION AND SET UP THE EMAIL ACCOUNT IT
> DOWNLOADS
> 3-4 YEARS OF EMAILS
> THE WORKSTATIONS ARE SET TO DELETE FILES AFTER 14 DAYS
> BUT HOW DO YOU DELETE OLD MAIL OFF THE SERVER
>

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If you don'[t want the e-mails re-downloaded, simply go into the mailbox on
the Exchange server and delete the mail from the mailbox before setting up
the client.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, ALYM asked:

| i HAVE A FILE SERVER WITH MICROSOFT EXCHANGE FOR EMAILS
| THE WORK STATIONS GET THEIR MAIL FROM IT
| WHEN i INSTALL A NEW WORK STATION AND SET UP THE EMAIL ACCOUNT IT
| DOWNLOADS 3-4 YEARS OF EMAILS
| THE WORKSTATIONS ARE SET TO DELETE FILES AFTER 14 DAYS
| BUT HOW DO YOU DELETE OLD MAIL OFF THE SERVER

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP]

It sounds like you have your workstations misconfigured. What version of
Outlook are you using?


P.S.. Please don't type in ALL CAPS. It's hard to read and it looks like
YOU'RE SHOUTING. Thanks.

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook.htm
Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/ol4law-amazon

"ALYM" <ALYM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:16BE6682-9F51-4F24-89C6-CCFA011F6762@microsoft.com...
> i HAVE A FILE SERVER WITH MICROSOFT EXCHANGE FOR EMAILS
> THE WORK STATIONS GET THEIR MAIL FROM IT
> WHEN i INSTALL A NEW WORK STATION AND SET UP THE EMAIL ACCOUNT IT
> DOWNLOADS
> 3-4 YEARS OF EMAILS
> THE WORKSTATIONS ARE SET TO DELETE FILES AFTER 14 DAYS
> BUT HOW DO YOU DELETE OLD MAIL OFF THE SERVER