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Also might want to check deleted item retention policy in exchange (14 days by default). So when users delete that email it will take that long before it is actually deleted and converted into white space.
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Also might want to check deleted item retention policy in exchange (14 days by default). So when users delete that email it will take that long before it is actually deleted and converted into white space.

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If memory serves me... I think if an online backup isn't done, it will also allow the DB to grow.<br />

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If memory serves me... I think if an online backup isn't done, it will also allow the DB to grow.


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I have had users delete email from their mailbox to shrink the DB size. I understand that the DB has &quot;white Space&quot; that won't be recovered unless i perform an offline defrag, but will it use the already allocated white space for new email or will it still increase the size of the database?
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I have had users delete email from their mailbox to shrink the DB size. I understand that the DB has "white Space" that won't be recovered unless i perform an offline defrag, but will it use the already allocated white space for new email or will it still increase the size of the database?

Recover Space in database

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