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Cannot Decommision? Public Folder warnings
I run Exchange 2003 with Service Pack 2 and it's almost impossible to get this stupid public folder crap off it so I can decommision the server.
When I try and delete the PF Store I get this error.
"It is acting as the default store for one or more mailbx stores or users
"It is used by one or more offline address lists to maintain system folders"
Now when I go to Public Folders I don't see anything. It has been moved. When I go to the replication tab I see "system configuration and public folder hirearchy. So when I go to the TREE that it's associated with I see that under "Status" of the System Configurationg and top level public folder tree, I still see our excchange server in the server list.
What exactly am I suppose to do to finally delete this thing?
I also noticed that our public folder store no longer receives emails although it says "Delivered Message" after sending in Outlook with a delivery receipt. I'm lost
Anyone?
When I try and delete the PF Store I get this error.
"It is acting as the default store for one or more mailbx stores or users
"It is used by one or more offline address lists to maintain system folders"
Now when I go to Public Folders I don't see anything. It has been moved. When I go to the replication tab I see "system configuration and public folder hirearchy. So when I go to the TREE that it's associated with I see that under "Status" of the System Configurationg and top level public folder tree, I still see our excchange server in the server list.
What exactly am I suppose to do to finally delete this thing?
I also noticed that our public folder store no longer receives emails although it says "Delivered Message" after sending in Outlook with a delivery receipt. I'm lost
Anyone?
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Awsome thanks a ton. That clears it up some.
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Just to update, I see that another Exchange server seems to also have content on it and the "status tab" says local modified. I don't have rights to synchronize the content but I will have someone do it. I'm thinking it just needs to be synced with the exchange server ESM uses when I connect to it. YOu can see the "connected to (Server) in ESM. I think it's replication but it is also the fact that the top level PF and System configuration" still have replicas to the old exchange server I'm trying to decommision.
Hard to explain.
Thanks