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Thanks - when you say Dumpster, I assume that is part of the EDB database for that store?
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Thanks - when you say Dumpster, I assume that is part of the EDB database for that store?

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yes it is located physically inside the database
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yes it is located physically inside the database

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&gt;however if it was 20 and you reduce it to 7 at the next maintenance window the &quot;unneeded&quot; items will be cleared.<br />
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thanks (and last question :-) ) - by the above, I mean you mean the nightly online database maintenance that occurs, i.e. allocation of white space?
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>however if it was 20 and you reduce it to 7 at the next maintenance window the "unneeded" items will be cleared.

thanks (and last question :-) ) - by the above, I mean you mean the nightly online database maintenance that occurs, i.e. allocation of white space?

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yes, in the event log the next day you should notice you have more &quot;white space&quot; in your database
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yes, in the event log the next day you should notice you have more "white space" in your database

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Hello<br />
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We are running Exchange 2007 SP1. On our Public Folder database, I notice there is a setting for &quot;Keep Deleted Items for xx days&quot;.<br />
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Currently, it is at the default of 7.<br />
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I am thinking of increasing it to 20. However - am curious to know what would happen if I had it at 20 and then changed it back to 7 again (e.g. if I noticed that the space was decreasing).<br />
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Will this affect the live public folders at all or just the area of the mailbox store where the deleted items are kept? And - out of interest - where exactly are the deleted items kept for x days?<br />

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Hello

We are running Exchange 2007 SP1. On our Public Folder database, I notice there is a setting for "Keep Deleted Items for xx days".

Currently, it is at the default of 7.

I am thinking of increasing it to 20. However - am curious to know what would happen if I had it at 20 and then changed it back to 7 again (e.g. if I noticed that the space was decreasing).

Will this affect the live public folders at all or just the area of the mailbox store where the deleted items are kept? And - out of interest - where exactly are the deleted items kept for x days?


Public Folder Deletion Settings

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