XADM: Mbclean.exe Deletes Outlook Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks
Article ID: 173108
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q173108
SYMPTOMS
If you run the Mbclean.exe utility from the Microsoft BackOffice Resource
Kit (BORK) to delete all messages over a certain age, Mbclean.exe also
deletes users' Outlook Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks items.
CAUSE
The Exchange Resource Kit utility Mbclean.exe, from the Microsoft
BackOffice Resource Kit, is a tool that deletes all messages older than a
certain date. Therefore, Mbclean.exe also deletes Calendar, Contact, and
Task items you have created in Outlook, if those items are older than the
number of days specified.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Mbclean.exe in the
Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit. We are researching this problem and will
post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes
available.
MORE INFORMATION
If you have users who store Calendar, Contact, or Task items on the server,
you should not use the current Mbclean.exe utility from the BackOffice
Resource Kit to delete all messages over a certain age.
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