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Well this Microsoft Knowledge Base article explains it pretty good:<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;232323" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;232323</a><br />
Native Content Storage in Microsoft Exchange
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Well this Microsoft Knowledge Base article explains it pretty good:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;232323 [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;232323]
Native Content Storage in Microsoft Exchange

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for defragmenting the database <br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;328804" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;328804</a>&nbsp;<br />
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for defragmenting the database
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;328804 [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;328804] 



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can someone explain in plain english what exactelly is in the exchange .stm file<br />
i have about 1 gb of free white space in my priv.edb file<br />
the .edb file is not growing as expected because of the white space<br />
the .stm file grows just about everry day<br />
at this rate i will reach the 16gb limit pretty soon<br />
does the .stm file ever shrink?<br />
once data enters the .stm file does it ever leave?<br />
is there also white space in this file?<br />
what type of data is in this file?
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can someone explain in plain english what exactelly is in the exchange .stm file
i have about 1 gb of free white space in my priv.edb file
the .edb file is not growing as expected because of the white space
the .stm file grows just about everry day
at this rate i will reach the 16gb limit pretty soon
does the .stm file ever shrink?
once data enters the .stm file does it ever leave?
is there also white space in this file?
what type of data is in this file?

exchange 2003 .stm file

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.