Hi we had the same problem (Ex2K) a few month ago. everybody will tell ya to do an offline defrag with eseutil, BUT...there is a problem (in fact, we had a problem): our database was so big (16GB),that we coulnt mount the store, so i had to delete some old (but really small) mailboxes. then i wanted to make this offline defrag, but it seemed (<- is this the correct word for "seem" in the past???) [by the way,sorry for my bad english] that offlinedefrag with eseutil do not work correctly in the case that the DB is as big as it was (16GB). so we had to set up a new store (in fact we had to set up a new exchangeserver,cuz you cant make a new store when one store is as big as 16GB) and moved all mailboxes in it. that worked for us. offline defrag with eseutil work,too. but i´ve found out that it only work correctly when the database isnt that big. Marco -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Rajnish Malik [mailto:RajnishM@xxxxxxxxxxx] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. Dezember 2003 08:29 An: [ExchangeList] Betreff: [exchangelist] Exchange 5.5 reaching 16GB Capacity Wichtigkeit: Hoch Hi All, I have one Exchange 5.5, its priv.edb is reaching its capacity. Can any body tell me the safest way to compress the database size or a method through which this problem can be solved. ESEUTIL /d (Defargmentation) will it help? Is it safe to run on the existing server? Thanks & regards, Rajnish Malik ########################################### This message has been scanned by F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange. For more information, connect to http://www.F-Secure.com/