Its removed when the last user who has in their mailbox permanently deletes it and IS maintenance grooms it based upon the deleted item retention schedule. If a user archives it, it's saved in whatever directory they save it in! -----Original Message----- From: Barb Talbot [mailto:btalbot07@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 11:27 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Single Instance message http://www.MSExchange.org/ If an attachment is stored on the Exchange server and it is a pointer to the recipients that received it, at what point is the attachment removed from the server and does it save a copy locally when the email with the attachment is archived by any of the users? ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: adavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx org