http://www.msexchange.org -------------------------------------------------------Raj, Thank you very much for the information you provided me with! It works very well and I was completely unaware of this functionality. Thanks again! Javier Sola Network Engineer BankUnited 7815 NW 148th Street Miami Lakes, FL 33016 ': 305.818.8627 7: 305.818.1581 -: jsola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Banking For Locals, By Locals" -----Original Message----- From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Periyasamy, Raj Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 9:53 AM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: How to set an automatic purge on a mailbox (Function?) http://www.msexchange.org -------------------------------------------------------Hi Javier, Your best option would be to create a Mailbox management recipient policy. However, since this is just one user, you need to create a filter to apply this policy only for this user. The filter rule is not complicated to create. Even though you can create an Outlook rule to delete messages older than 30 days, you still cannot create a permanent delete rule to run unattended, because the permanent delete rule is client-side rule. The other option to delete emails to the deleted items folder under outlook rule will still require user intervention to clean up the mailbox. With recipient policy rules, you can do and delete permanently function from the server level using the ESM. HTH. Regards, Raj Periyasamy MCSE(Messaging), CCNA -----Original Message----- From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Javier Sola Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 9:30 AM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] How to set an automatic purge on a mailbox (Function?) http://www.msexchange.org -------------------------------------------------------Hey guys, what's up? Here is my situation. I have a department mailbox that has a rule to forward every single message that flows through it to our auditors. Now, this mailbox has never been monitored or administered before and when I got to the mailbox it had approximately 200,000 messages and is 73GB in size. I went ahead and added the mailbox to my outlook client and then created a rule that purged every message prior to September 13, 2006 (in other words 30 days....) I only need to have 30 days worth of stuff, the rest has already been sifted through by the auditors. My question is, can I set up a function or a rule in outlook that will automatically keep only the last 30 days worth of emails and I do not have to manually go in there every day or every few weeks in this case and edit the rule and then run it... I was thinking something like: If message = 30 days old THEN move to deleted items (or purge) Thanks, Javier Sola Network Engineer BankUnited 7815 NW 148th Street Miami Lakes, FL 33016 ': 305.818.8627 7: 305.818.1581 -: jsola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Banking For Locals, By Locals" ----------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, his information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 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