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We have a server that is approaching the 16gb mailstore limit for Exchange 2000 sp3.<br />
We are considering doing an offline defrag but isnt the purpose of an offline defrag to regain physical disk space? &nbsp;Will it also help with our mailstore size problem?<br />
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If the online defrag shows that there is plenty of white space but the edb file is still near 16 gb will exchange stop processing mail?<br />
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Thanks
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We have a server that is approaching the 16gb mailstore limit for Exchange 2000 sp3.
We are considering doing an offline defrag but isnt the purpose of an offline defrag to regain physical disk space?  Will it also help with our mailstore size problem?

If the online defrag shows that there is plenty of white space but the edb file is still near 16 gb will exchange stop processing mail?

Thanks

Real Purpose of an Exchange offline Defrag?

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.