We have an Exchange 2003 network, and several months ago a remote site
was closed down, and (we thought) the server removed from Active
Directory. However, the server still appears in Exchange System
Manager under both =91servers=92 and =91routing groups=92 (I cannot delete =
the
regional routing group from which it is a member as I get the error
message =93You must remove all members from the routing group before it
can be deleted=94. However, I cannot delete the server object from ESM
(it is long gone from Active Directory/ Computers) as it just hangs
with the hour glass while it tries to contact the server which doesn=92t
exist, before finally giving the error =93there are no bindings=94. I have
been through ADSIedit and hacked out the references I could find to
the dead server, but it has not made a difference. This is not a huge
deal, but there are always over 100 Exchange system emails to the old
server which sit on the queue of the main server, but cannot be
delivered to a box that no longer exists.
If anyone knows of a walkthrough for the manual process of removing
this, that would be terrific. Please note I know longer have access to
the old regional Exchange server which has certainly be reimaged and
rebuilt as something else.
Cheers. C