Re: Exchange maintenance after loading/deleting messages.

Roveer,

I think that I am probably a bit more verbose than you!

One of the things - if I might speak for others at the moment - that I
noticed when I was an MVP for Active Directory is that most people do not
search the news group before posting a question. Now, not saying that you
are doing this...just a very very very general comment. That used to drive
me a bit crazy. Mind you - the exact same question! Not 90% the same with
a decided twist...the exact same question. In fact, I remember one time
that the same question was posted by three different posters in a row.

Another thing that I noticed is that there are people who just do not
listen. Again, not saying that pertains to you. Just a very very very
general comment. That gets a bit frustrating for the people who pretty
much live in this or that news group. I think that you will find that there
are probably eight or 10 people who live in here. These - along with
others - know SBS inside and out. They also, well, like I already said,
live in this news group so they probably already know the issue and the
solution before you ask.

One more thing is that these eight or 10 people (as well as a lot of others)
have a very good basis of knowledge and can tell when someone is going down
the wrong path. I do this myself. I have been doing this for 11 years and
have my own way of doing things. I know a thing or two - mostly from bad
decisions. So I have a pretty good idea when someone is trying really hard
to go down the wrong path. I try to nudge those in the 'better' direction.
But, as we all know, every environment is different. I have been introduced
to environments that are literally hanging on by a band-aid. If you 'fix'
things then all you are going to do is to break pretty much everything.

Anyway, everyone in here is doing this on his/her own time and - for the
most part - because he/she loves doing this. MVPs do not work for
Microsoft. Sometimes, Microsoft gets tired of hearing from MVPs. We (well,
not 'me' anymore.....) can be pretty harsh with Microsoft at times.

I started out like you did.....asking a ton of questions. There is nothing
wrong with spending a lot of time in here and in a lab. In fact, this is
what I would really suggest that you do. Create a lab environment with a
couple of machines and play. And, don't be afraid to ask a question. If
you have it then you can rest assured that there are a whole slew of others
who have the same - or similar - question. You will also get to know whose
answers you can trust and whose you can not. Unfortunately there are a few
who give really bad answers intentionally. Someone with limited experience
might try to implement 'that bad answer' and really find himself/herself in
a bind. Those whom you can trust do a pretty good job of making everyone
aware of those few bad apples.

I spend a little bit of time in here as we manage several clients with
SBS2003. SBS2003 is its own animal and has its own way of doing
things....the first three rules of thumb with SBS2003: use the wizards, use
the wizards and, finally, use the wizards! I stole that from someone in
here! As you can see from the hour of this post I am up early. Just a ton
of work!

Anyway, I think that you will find that most regulars in here have a very
strong opinion and are not afraid to voice it. All in all, it is a really
good group of people who frequent this ng and I am sure that you will find
lots of good, sound advice in here.

Cary


"Roveer" <noemail@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pYIWj.10055$mc1.6923@xxxxxxxxxxx
Larry Struckmeyer [SBS-MVP] wrote:
Roveer, I apologize. A very similar question was answered recently, but
I checked your previous posts and did not find one from you. I hope you
are not too put out, and I promise never to do that again without double
checking the source.

Now, I stand by my comment. Leave it alone unless you *really* really*
need the space. Shrinking it will just clear out the white space, and
then it will have to grow again.


Larry,

No offense taken. I do get a bit verbose in my posts and at times do ask
very similar questions. I'm just trying to make sure that after all the
claims I've made about why we should be using a server and exchange that
some small insignificant item that I overlooked doesn't come back to bite
me. I often come off as a bit intense, especially when I'm hunting
technology related knowledge.

All that being said, I want to thank everyone on this group for providing
such good information and sharing their experiences. I can tell you that
I've learned volumes in the past months and feel very comfortable in the
decision I've made to go to SBS. The list of features that we are going
to use right from the start is impressive and will have a positive impact
in our office. I'm just glad I had such a good resource to come to and
that so many of you are willing to take the time to post and reply to our
posts to help out. After all many of you make a living doing this and
here you are helping for free. Pro Bono. My thanks.

Now, I have read up on the maintenance, and I took the advice from the
first reply and used the event viewer to inspect exactly what the nightly
maintenance was doing. I see that when the messages & mailboxes hit their
retention limits they will be removed. This gives me a good feeling that
exchange is doing it's thing. This was a very beneficial exercise. Oh, I
see I've gotten verbose again. Just my thing I guess.

Larry, we're all good.

Roveer


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