SBS 2003 mail retention - does it include deleted spam?

From: Terry Dansey (nospamthankstdansey_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/22/05 

Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 10:35:47 -0000

Hi all.

If you set Exchange to retain mail after deletion, does that also include
mail that has been deemed as SPAM?

If so, then whoever is working as the SPAM administrator is going to get a
lot of messages that they delete but will become part of the retained store.

Is it better that a separate account is set up so that the mailbox can be
deleted and purged every so often?

We have been telling clients to opt for larger hard drives, but when we make
the calculations of how large the drives ought to be we tend to look at
files and possible email usage into the future, but if we are using shadow
copies, retaining deleted mail and versions of files, has anyone worked out
roughly what extra this adds to the necessary capacity?

Thanks - Terry