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Exchange 2010 sp1 -Purge a single subfolder

Exchange 2010 SP1 Purge

I want to purge a sub-folder from a users "inbox " and then from the "purge" folder.

I've tried the search query and can not seem to get it to work. I do not have information such as "From or Subject" . In the past I have used the following to delete single items. I've also used MFCMapi

I run the follow exshell
1.get-mailbox <user> | search-mailbox -searchquery "From:'xxx@xxx.com'" -deletecontent -searchdumpsteronly -Force

2.just in case...
get-mailbox <user> | search-mailbox -searchquery "From:'xxx@xxx.com'" -deletecontent -searchdumpster -Force

Then I do a search to make sure...

3.
get-mailbox <user> | search-mailbox -searchquery "From:'xxx@xxx.com'"
-searchdumpsteronly -Targetmailbox "Discovery search Mailbox -Targetfolder "Inbox"

I am trying to avoid deleting the dumpster altogether.

Exchange 2010 Sp1 Win2K8 R2
I have a CAS Arrey with a DAG set up.....

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johan_v

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I"m still new at scripting and the basics, so excuse the basic questions. In what you provided, thank you first of all. What would I change to match what I need...

1. I would change this: 'name@mailbox'

2. We are now running Exchange SP2 on the CAS array....Change this to reflect "2"?

Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.ExchangeService([Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.ExchangeVersion]::Exchange2010_SP1)

3. The folder to be deleted, change here?
if($folder.DisplayName -eq "Foldertobedeleted")

4. Can I change soft delete to hard delete?
$folder.delete([Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.DeleteMode]::SoftDelete) } }

5. Do I save as .ps1?

6.Do I run it from Mailbox server, Cas server or my PC powershell 2.0 with exchange module ?

Thank you again!!!!!!!!!!!!

$MailboxName = 'Name@Mailbox'
$dllpath = "D:\EWS\Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.dll"
[void][Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile($dllpath)
$Service = New-Object Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.ExchangeService([Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.ExchangeVersion]::Exchange2010_SP1)
$Service.AutodiscoverUrl($MailboxName,{$true})
$RootFolderID = new-object Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.FolderId([Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.WellKnownFolderName]::Root,$MailboxName)
$RootFolder = [Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.Folder]::Bind($Service,$RootFolderID)
$FolderView = New-Object Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.FolderView(1000)
$FolderView.Traversal = [Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.FolderTraversal]::Deep
$Response = $RootFolder.FindFolders($FolderView)
ForEach ($Folder in $Response.Folders) {
if($folder.DisplayName -eq "Foldertobedeleted") {
$folder.delete([Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.DeleteMode]::SoftDelete) } }

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I'm tweaking it, but have not finished it. I will try within the next two weeks.

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I've requested that this question be closed as follows:

Accepted answer: 0 points for Tencha's comment #a38491605

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Great detail

SubSun

Didn't my comments answer your queries?