Delete Emails older than X days in Exchange 2003

Question

How can I delete emails for a specific email account older than X days in Exchange 2003 from the server? I would like to do this from the server, not from the outlook client.

Answer 1

You could use the tool ExMerge. Here is a decription how to delete messages on the server using that utility:

How do I use EXMERGE to delete specific messages from Exchange 2000/2003 mailboxes?

You can download Exmerge in Microsoft's Download area.

Here is a screenshot of the selection criteria (by date):

Answer 2

You can use the Mailbox Manager Settings in the Recipient Policies to set a retention limit on email messages.

You can read the steps on how to accomplish this in KB319188.

Answer 3

Checkout this article.

http://brian-kayser.blogspot.com/2010/10/purge-email-script-for-exchange.html