Re: Exchange Mailbox Size Incorrect in System Manager

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From: Mark Arnold [MVP] (mark_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/10/04

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    On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 12:29:37 -0700, "Patrick Rohe" <prohe@towson.edu>
    wrote:

    >When looking at mailbox sizes in System Manager, or using
    >ADO or CDO to report mailbox size, the value is sometimes
    >significantly different from when a user checks Folder
    >Size using Outlook or using WebDAV programmatically.
    >
    >We've seen this in a few of our mail stores on Exchange
    >2000.
    >
    >Moving the mailbox to a new store seems to correct the
    >mailbox size reported.

    The one with the higher figure is reporting items in Deleted Items
    Retention. Moving the mailboxes means that those items are lost, thus
    alligning the figures.

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