Hi, Yes you can run ESEUTIL to reduce the size of the database, it will remove the fragmented space in the database. before running please take both online and offline backup of the system and make sure you have same disk space available to run this utility. Regards, Vijay Dogra. -----Original Message----- From: Rajnish Malik [mailto:RajnishM@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 11:29 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Exchange 5.5 reaching 16GB Capacity Importance: High 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/