Re: 480623kb messages in queue

Thanks Mark,

Since my post, I have been able to virus scan on it and it is clean...I
installed trial version of GFI Mailsecurity and through its monitoring have
discovered it was a scaned Item sent to approx 12 recipients and somehow
mushroomed in size. It would then start to show up in multiple Queue's.

I have been deleting from the Queue, stopping and restarting service and
system. Sometimes it will not allow access to delete. I tried to redirect
the queue location to an external hard drive in IIS but it did not listen to
me.

I still have a couple messages left in the queue that I can not delete.

Tonkle

PS why not enable circular logging, I thought it would reduce size?

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote:

> On Sun, 7 Aug 2005 05:02:02 -0700, Tonkle
> <Tonkle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Hi
> >I have a SBS 2000 sith windows 2000 sp4, exchange sp1.
> >
> >server is limited to 3GB storage remaining on C,
> >7GB remaining on D partition.
> >
> >in the mailroot que, multiple 480623kb messages appear until they lock up
> >server because on lack of disk space.
> >
> >I stop all exchange services and am able to delete the messages but when I
> >restart exchange the reload.
> >
> >I have tried to point the queue to a new location on an attached external
> >hard drive but it continues to remain on C.
> >
> >Am planning to apply exchange SP3, and add additional storage soon, but need
> >to stop the lockdown until it can be done.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Tonkle
> >
> >attitional note:
> >I am attempting to do an offfline backup,
> >Circular logging has not been enabled yet
>
> That particular size message doesn't ring any bells virus wise, but
> make sure you do a full virus scan, in accordance with the vendors
> guide and ensuring that you have excluded the Exchange directories at
> the file level. Do it with the SMTP service stopped to prevent the
> interface filling up and bringing down your Exchange.
>
> Also, don't enable Circular Logging. You shouldn't have it on at all.
>
.

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