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I suppose her account got deleted out of active directory, however that does not always removed the mailbox, the mailbox is probably stuck in a queue to be purged in exchange.<br />
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You can try this to repull the mailbox if it still exists.<br />
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<a href="http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/exchange_server_2003_mailbox_recovery.html" rel="ugc">http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/exchange_server_2003_mailbox_recovery.html</a>
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I suppose her account got deleted out of active directory, however that does not always removed the mailbox, the mailbox is probably stuck in a queue to be purged in exchange.

You can try this to repull the mailbox if it still exists.

http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/exchange_server_2003_mailbox_recovery.html [http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/exchange_server_2003_mailbox_recovery.html]

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I'd follow the advice from xxdcmast personally - I can't see a mailbox still loitering on your server after 4 years has passed, although you never know!<br />
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Alan
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I'd follow the advice from xxdcmast personally - I can't see a mailbox still loitering on your server after 4 years has passed, although you never know!

Alan

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Thank you!! &nbsp;Turns out it was linked to some random spam email account that is no longer used. &nbsp;I just removed her name from there and recreated her email account.
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Thank you!!  Turns out it was linked to some random spam email account that is no longer used.  I just removed her name from there and recreated her email account.

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We have an employee who just rejoined, she was gone for 4 years. &nbsp;When I checked AD and Exchange 2003 there was no record of her previous account. &nbsp;I created a new account for her, same username as before. &nbsp;I could not use this as her email address because I received an error that the address already existed. &nbsp;My question is where does this address exist? &nbsp;Can I remove it and reuse it again?
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We have an employee who just rejoined, she was gone for 4 years.  When I checked AD and Exchange 2003 there was no record of her previous account.  I created a new account for her, same username as before.  I could not use this as her email address because I received an error that the address already existed.  My question is where does this address exist?  Can I remove it and reuse it again?

Remove mailbox from Exchange 2003

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.

Exchange

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.