5-10 daily? :) To clean the mailbox, using the clean mailbox feature is one way to do it. Another would be to use the mailbox manager program and have it do that for you on a timed schedule. To block email sent to a deleted mailbox, you'd have to either block it at the IMS else block it on the virus server if separate. I'd opt for whatever is the first hop in the message path inbound for your organization and take advantage of the mailer options running there. Al -----Original Message----- From: Noni Cerillo [mailto:ncerillo@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 8:05 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Mailbox clean http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hi everyone, I have these two problems: 1. I'm using MSExchange 5.5. How do I delete emails from mailboxes. When I check my mailbox resources I can see a number of mailboxes accumulating large volumes of emails. I tried the CLEAN command in Tools and the program seems to be working but when I check the mailboxes resources, the volume of the emails in the mailboxes do not change. 2. We receive a considerable amount of email (about 5-10 daily) from one source, sent to the same email address in our domain. These emails have an attachments infected with the YAHA virus, so our anti-virus program detects them each time it is received. What I did was delete the mailbox. Still, I receive a warning from our anti-virus program that an email was sent to the deleted address. How do I block emails sent to a deleted mailbox? I hope someone can help. Thanks Noni ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------