They are your message tracking logs, and backup will not purge them, look on the server properties and see what you have set. Mark Fugatt Dedicated Supportability Engineer (Exchange) Microsoft Services Organisation Desk: +44 (0)118 909 5630 Mobile: +44 (0)7966 858108 MSN IM: markfu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/mfugatt Dedicated to proactively supporting Microsoft's enterprise Customers This email may contain confidential information. If you are not named on the addressee list, please take no action in relation to this email, do not open any attachment, and please contact the sender (details above) immediately. Information in this email is provided in good faith. If you are a customer of Microsoft, please refer to the terms and conditions which cover the provision of support and consulting services to you/your organization. If you are not corresponding in the course of, or in connection with a Microsoft contract or program with its own terms and conditions, please note that no liability is accepted by Microsoft for the contents of this mail. ________________________________ From: Jabber Wock [mailto:jabberwock99@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: 06 December 2005 21:13 To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Exchange 2003 Database Log files http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hi all, I noticed that on my Exchange server, the log files in the \Program Files\Exchsrvr\servername.log\ directory have not been purged for many weeks. This server is running Windows NT backup and I thought that the log files get purged when the backup runs. I even ran a manual backup making sure that I was backing up the Exchange stores, yet no luck. Log files remain. Any suggestions? JW ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: markfu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx