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I am sorry it is exchange 2007.
He wants to delete all his old emails by archiving. What is the best practice

Export the mails to a .pst file.
Make sure you can read the .pst file.
Make several copies of the .pst file.
Delete the old mails

This is all in Outlook. Exchange 2007 did not have Archive Mailboxes.

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Is there any powershell command to delete all emails before 2011 from exchange2007

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Read carefully, this is more complicated than you might think.
There are sent received and modify dates.
If you move a message to a new folder that changes it and it might not get deleted.

You probably need something like this.

Make sure you have a backup and if possible test..

Search-Mailbox -Identity <username> -SearchQuery '(Received:09/20/2012..10/12/2012)' -deletecontent

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What is the command to delete all emails older than xx-xx-xxxx date?

For one mailbox, date format might depend on your language settings.

Search-Mailbox -Identity <username> -SearchQuery Received:<$("mm/dd/yyyy") -deletecontent

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But I do agree, does this user REALLY want to delete. Make an archive first and a backup in case they change their mind, or their boss or successor needs the information.

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@ dsnegi_25dec and carolchi
I will export the emails to PST for the entire organization and delete the old emails as there is no archive system in exchange 2007

Any suggestions or any better solution you have?

You could also do this:

http://www.msexchange.org/articles-tutorials/exchange-server-2007/compliance-policies-archiving/exchange-2007-messaging-records-management-part1.html

But a PST is probably simpler

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I have created a new database in a newly created RAID Array and moved all the mailboxes to the new DB by skipping 100 corrupted items.

Will it help in terms of database maintenance?
Or can I tell the client that database maintenance is done?
Just wanted to know suggestions.

After this I will export the emails to PST.

The question was not at all clear - I think we have provided a lot of information for a complex question about Outlook and Exchange.

Will it help in terms of database maintenance?
- Your new database will be compact but you still need to do regular maintenance as explained above.

Or can I tell the client that database maintenance is done?
- maintenance is not a one time thing but a regular process. We are not clear what your client is looking for - there was also the question about archiving, which has been done.

Just wanted to know suggestions