You need to perform an offline defragmenatation/compaction of your database. This will also compact the priv.stm file. You can do this using the eseutil /d command which is found in the exchsrvr\bin directory and/or on your windows 2000 support\tools directory on the installation disk. John Joupin <me@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:@page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; }P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"}LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"}DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"}A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline}SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline}A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline}SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline}SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Arial}DIV.Section1 { page: Section1}http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hi folks First Merry christmass to all of you and wish you a year full of success and happiness :) And second : How can I reduce the size of PRIVE.edb , Im sure that all of my mailboxes are near zero in volume but still its about 5 GB , there is another file PRIVE.HTM , this one is also around 4 GB . Im running out of space in my server and have to do something with it soon Joupinwww.joupin.com------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------ ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: itcalif@xxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub') --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now