Re: best way to recreate a mailbox

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Thanks for this post. I am working with a similar problem. I have users that
no longer have mailboxes. How do I recreate the mailboxes in exchange then
associate it with a user?

Thanks.
Deane

"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

> Hi Gary - I'd do the former. I think you'll be making more work for
> yourself if you delete the account, such as profile problems on the client
> PC.
>
> Is it a problem that might benefit from the collective wisdom of the NG?
>
>
> "Gary Karasik" <gkarasik@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:O92hFuuNFHA.2964@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trouble-shooting an Exchange problem, and as one test I want to
> > recreate a user's mailbox. Before doing this I will export the user's mail
> > to a PST file, then, after recreating the mailbox, I will import it into
> > the new mailbox.
> >
> > Question is, What's the best way to do this? Delete the mailbox in
> > Exchange, then recreate it in Exchange, then associate it with the user?
> > Or delete the user account and mailbox, then recreate the user account?
> >
> > GaryK
> >
>
>
>
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