Size of badmail folder   

Is there a way to control de size of the Badmail folder and maybe control
the messages that they don't save there at all? For some reason my server is
taking up a lot of space in that folder and I really don't want it to do
that.
Is it possible to disable it?
I found out that going into the SMTP properties I can select which is the
badmail folder, but can I just remove it so that there's no badmail folder
at all?

Thanks,
Teo

date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:10:26 -0500   author:   Teo

Re: Size of badmail folder   

Hi,

We run a job that calls a .cmd file with the following syntax:

c:\windows\system32\cscript.exe

badmailadmin -a delete -f oldest -s ES1 -l off -m 100

Uses the badmailadmin tool.

- Jason

"Teo"  wrote in message
news:uZL3ApbRFHA.248@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Is there a way to control de size of the Badmail folder and maybe control
> the messages that they don't save there at all? For some reason my server
is
> taking up a lot of space in that folder and I really don't want it to do
> that.
> Is it possible to disable it?
> I found out that going into the SMTP properties I can select which is the
> badmail folder, but can I just remove it so that there's no badmail folder
> at all?
>
> Thanks,
> Teo
>
>

date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:47:16 -0700   author:   Jason King

RE: Size of badmail folder   

Hi Teo,

We can not disable Badmail logging in Exchange 2000. So please manually 
empty the folder or use a script to empty it regularly.

BadMailAdmin
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=782AAF0F-6239-40AD-
ADDA-97863D852FF7&displaylang=en

Some peers have already recommended you this utility. Hope it helps.

Actually, Badmail has been disabled in Exchange 2003 SP1. So you may also 
consider upgrading to Exchange 2003 ;-)

884068 The Badmail folder is disabled in Exchange Server 2003 SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=884068

Hope the info helps.

Meanwhile, I noticed that you have submitted sequences of posts regarding 
this problem. For you convenience, I have summarized the posts name and 
newsgroups name as below. Many peers have given good suggestions regarding 
this issue. Please check the response.

Huge Mailroot folder!! Help
microsoft.public.exchange.setup

Badmail folder
microsoft.public.exchange.setup

Huge Mailroot folder problem help!
microsoft.public.exchange2000.admin

Max size of Badmail folder
microsoft.public.exchange2000.admin

Huge Mailroot folder problem, help!
microsoft.public.exchange2000.information.store

Size of badmail folder
microsoft.public.exchange2000.information.store
 
Mailroot folder taking up all my space, help!
microsoft.public.exchange2000.misc

Size of badmail folder
microsoft.public.exchange2000.misc

Regards,

Pat Cai
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date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 04:47:57 GMT   author:   (Pat Cai[MSFT])