omfgwtflolbbq
asked on
Deleting Emails in Outlook
Hi There
I'm the new guy running the IT show since 3 weeks ago.
My network is running Exchange 2003 Standard. And the former IT guy here transferred all the ex-employees emails into a single User account called ex-employee, before he left. That single mailbox has now grown to 37GB. Unfortunately this has meant that Exchange has been shutting down since our storage limits have been reached.
I am wanting to keep the emails but take them out of Exchange. I have looked at Mail Archiving solutions but that doesn't help my users now.
The former IT Guy copied across all the ex-employees into their own sub-folders.
IE:
- Ex-Employees
- Chris
+ Inbox
- Sent
- Deleted
+ Tom
+ Jenny
So I have taken up exporting the ex-employee's sub-folders into PST's.
The problem I need help with is that when,using Outlook 2003, I go to delete each ex-employee's subfolder. I get an Error Message that says, "Cannot delete this folder. Right-click the folder, and then the Properties to check your permissions for the folder. See the folder owner or your administrator to change your permissions. Cannot copy this folder because it contains private items."
Checking the permissions of the folder and subfolders I am the owner. I am also using the administrator account.
I find that when I delete each individual sub folder and work my way up I can eventually delete everything. But this is really time consuming.
How can I speed the deletion of each individual after I have exported their sub-folder to PST?
Thanks in advance
I'm the new guy running the IT show since 3 weeks ago.
My network is running Exchange 2003 Standard. And the former IT guy here transferred all the ex-employees emails into a single User account called ex-employee, before he left. That single mailbox has now grown to 37GB. Unfortunately this has meant that Exchange has been shutting down since our storage limits have been reached.
I am wanting to keep the emails but take them out of Exchange. I have looked at Mail Archiving solutions but that doesn't help my users now.
The former IT Guy copied across all the ex-employees into their own sub-folders.
IE:
- Ex-Employees
- Chris
+ Inbox
- Sent
- Deleted
+ Tom
+ Jenny
So I have taken up exporting the ex-employee's sub-folders into PST's.
The problem I need help with is that when,using Outlook 2003, I go to delete each ex-employee's subfolder. I get an Error Message that says, "Cannot delete this folder. Right-click the folder, and then the Properties to check your permissions for the folder. See the folder owner or your administrator to change your permissions. Cannot copy this folder because it contains private items."
Checking the permissions of the folder and subfolders I am the owner. I am also using the administrator account.
I find that when I delete each individual sub folder and work my way up I can eventually delete everything. But this is really time consuming.
How can I speed the deletion of each individual after I have exported their sub-folder to PST?
Thanks in advance
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
ASKER