Enforce Exchange 2007 mailbox size limits?

Question

I'm using Exchange 2007 and we've never assigned mailbox storage limits, many users will have old mail that can now be removed. How can I assign a storage policy and have it enforce it?

Answer 1

Disk quotas.

Exchange Management Console > Server Configuration > Mailbox. Look for the Mail Store to manage, right click, go to Properties and set the limit there under Limits.

Answer 2

You can enforce mailbox quotas at two levels in Exchange 2007:

Database Level

You can set the mailbox quotas at database level, so these apply to all mailboxes in that database (unless overridden at the mailbox level).

To do so in the Exchange Console, go to server configuration, then mailbox. Select the mailbox database you want to set quotas for, right click and go to properties. Select the limits tab, then enter the values you want.

To do the same with the Exchange Shell, issue this command:

 Set-MailboxDatabase -Identity <"Server\MailboxDatabase"> 
-IssueWarningQuota <2000> -ProhibitSendQuota <2500> 
-ProhibitSendReceiveQuota <3000> -QuotaNotificationSchedule 
 "Sun.2:00-Sun.3:00","Wed.2:00-Wed.3:00"

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Mailbox Level

You can enforce individual mail quotas at the mailbox level, so each mailbox can have a different quota, if needed, or you can override your database level quota for specific mailboxes.

To Set this using the Exchange Console locate the mailbox in the recipients configuration section, right click the mailbox and to properties. Select the Mailbox Settings tab, then click storage quotes then properties. In here you can set the warning, prevent send and prevent send & receive limits.

To do the same using the Exchange Shell, issue the following command:

Set-Mailbox -Identity <user@domain.com> -IssueWarningQuota <2000> 
-ProhibitSendQuota <2500> -ProhibitSendReceiveQuota <3000> 
-UseDatabaseQuotaDefaults $false

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