Define Storage Limits
You can define storage limits for the mailbox. Storage limits include maximum
mailbox size and deleted item retention.
- Right-click a user.
- On the shortcut menu, click Properties.
- On the Exchange General tab, click Storage Limits.
- Under Storage limits, select the
Use information store defaults check box to
use the default storage limit settings for the Exchange private information
store, or click to clear the Use information store defaults
check box to change storage limit size thresholds for issuing
warnings and prohibitions. If you clear this check box, you can
change the following settings:
- Issue warning at. Select this check box, and then type a value, in kilobytes,
to specify the maximum amount of space that the mailbox can occupy before a warning message is sent.
- Prohibit send at. Select this check box, and then type a value, in kilobytes,
to specify the maximum amount of space that a mailbox can occupy before the system prevents
the owner of the mailbox from sending more messages.
- Prohibit send and receive at. Select this check box, and then type a value, in
kilobytes, to specify the maximum amount of space that a mailbox can occupy before
the system prevents the owner of a mailbox from sending or receiving more
messages. The value you specify for this option should be greater than the
value you set for Prohibit send at.
- Under Deleted item retention, select the
Use retention time defaults check box to use the
default limit settings in the Exchange private information store, or
click to clear the Use retention time defaults
check box to override the private information
store storage limit. If you clear this check box, you can change
the following settings:
- Delete after (days). Type the number of days that deleted items in the information
store are retained before they are permanently deleted.
- Permanently delete items that have not been backed up. Select this check box to
permanently delete all items scheduled for deletion regardless of whether they have been
backed up. Click to clear this check box to prevent deletion of items that have not been backed up.
- Click OK to save settings.