Michael, why would you need to stop any service to delete files in the badmail folder, as those are effectively dead files? John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You -----Original Message----- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:michael@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 5:18 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Re: Some badmail info http://www.MSExchange.org/ Here is something somewhat improved. This will minimize your downtime: net stop smtpsvc cd "\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Mailroot\vsi 1" rename BadMail Badmail-save net start smtpsvc cd Badmail-save del /Q *.* cd .. rmdir Badmail-save And if the server is at least Exchange 2000 sp 3 or above, Microsoft's tool is: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=782aaf0f-6239-40ad- adda-97863d852ff7 <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=782aaf0f-6239-40ad -adda-97863d852ff7&DisplayLang=en> &DisplayLang=en And this was a good idea, so I wrote a blog entry about it: http://blogs.brnets.com/michael/archive/2004/09/08/203.aspx _____
