We have a SBS server and it has started to play up. Back
ups have started to fail and the CPU and the memory are
being flagged in the Event Viewer. I have noticed A LOT of
files in the Badmail folder and have found that I should
periodically delete these but the system wont allow me to
do it. I cant open the badmail folder and can only access
the files by doing a SEARCH for *.bdp. When I try to
delete then I can only do less than 30 at a time and
sometimes I get "Cannot read from disc" errors.

I have tried using scripts but they dont work either.

I am open to ideas!

Re: Deleting badmail by Grey

Grey
Fri Sep 19 06:19:24 CDT 2003

You should be able to open the folder from windows explorer. and you are
only deleting half of the files as there is another wad *.bad

--
Grey
SBS ROCKS MVP


www.smallbizserver.com


"Ian Rutherford" <ian.rutherford@nbm.bz> wrote in message
news:108c01c37e98$d6289b20$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> We have a SBS server and it has started to play up. Back
> ups have started to fail and the CPU and the memory are
> being flagged in the Event Viewer. I have noticed A LOT of
> files in the Badmail folder and have found that I should
> periodically delete these but the system wont allow me to
> do it. I cant open the badmail folder and can only access
> the files by doing a SEARCH for *.bdp. When I try to
> delete then I can only do less than 30 at a time and
> sometimes I get "Cannot read from disc" errors.
>
> I have tried using scripts but they dont work either.
>
> I am open to ideas!


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Re: Deleting badmail by harry

harry
Fri Sep 19 06:54:50 CDT 2003

Grey
How often should you delete these bad mails? Only if
there is a lot of them? Monthly? Never if neccesary? Or
whenever you feel like it or remember?
Thanks
HArry
>-----Original Message-----
>You should be able to open the folder from windows
explorer. and you are
>only deleting half of the files as there is another wad
*.bad
>
>--
>Grey
>SBS ROCKS MVP
>
>
>www.smallbizserver.com
>
>
>"Ian Rutherford" <ian.rutherford@nbm.bz> wrote in message
>news:108c01c37e98$d6289b20$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> We have a SBS server and it has started to play up.
Back
>> ups have started to fail and the CPU and the memory are
>> being flagged in the Event Viewer. I have noticed A
LOT of
>> files in the Badmail folder and have found that I
should
>> periodically delete these but the system wont allow me
to
>> do it. I cant open the badmail folder and can only
access
>> the files by doing a SEARCH for *.bdp. When I try to
>> delete then I can only do less than 30 at a time and
>> sometimes I get "Cannot read from disc" errors.
>>
>> I have tried using scripts but they dont work either.
>>
>> I am open to ideas!
>
>
>---
>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
>Checked by AVG anti-virus system
(http://www.grisoft.com).
>Version: 6.0.518 / Virus Database: 316 - Release Date:
9/11/2003
>
>
>.
>

Re: Deleting badmail by Scott

Scott
Fri Sep 19 10:07:05 CDT 2003

Using good old methods, open a DOS prompt, navigate to the folder then
manually delete them using del *.b*. Loads faster than using explorer
especially if there are 10k's. Alternatively, put the commands in a batch
file and run that.

Scott

"harry" <harry@historic.co.uk> wrote in message
news:11ad01c37ea4$d49ef770$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Grey
> How often should you delete these bad mails? Only if
> there is a lot of them? Monthly? Never if neccesary? Or
> whenever you feel like it or remember?
> Thanks
> HArry
> >-----Original Message-----
> >You should be able to open the folder from windows
> explorer. and you are
> >only deleting half of the files as there is another wad
> *.bad
> >
> >--
> >Grey
> >SBS ROCKS MVP
> >
> >
> >www.smallbizserver.com
> >
> >
> >"Ian Rutherford" <ian.rutherford@nbm.bz> wrote in message
> >news:108c01c37e98$d6289b20$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> >> We have a SBS server and it has started to play up.
> Back
> >> ups have started to fail and the CPU and the memory are
> >> being flagged in the Event Viewer. I have noticed A
> LOT of
> >> files in the Badmail folder and have found that I
> should
> >> periodically delete these but the system wont allow me
> to
> >> do it. I cant open the badmail folder and can only
> access
> >> the files by doing a SEARCH for *.bdp. When I try to
> >> delete then I can only do less than 30 at a time and
> >> sometimes I get "Cannot read from disc" errors.
> >>
> >> I have tried using scripts but they dont work either.
> >>
> >> I am open to ideas!
> >
> >
> >---
> >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> >Checked by AVG anti-virus system
> (http://www.grisoft.com).
> >Version: 6.0.518 / Virus Database: 316 - Release Date:
> 9/11/2003
> >
> >
> >.
> >



Re: Deleting badmail by Les

Les
Fri Sep 19 10:33:37 CDT 2003

This is what I do:

Open notepad, paste in the following line (default location, yours may be
different)

del "C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Mailroot\vsi 1\BadMail\*" /q

Save with a .cmd extention (not .txt)

Double click the file to check operation (place a dummy file in badmail
folder if you want).

Using task scheduler, schedule the .cmd to run as often as you think you
need. Mine goes once per day.

--
Les Connor [SBS MVP]
-------------------------------------
SBS Rocks !



"Scott Tacon" <scott.tacon@bcs.org.uk> wrote in message
news:unZ78#rfDHA.3200@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Using good old methods, open a DOS prompt, navigate to the folder then
> manually delete them using del *.b*. Loads faster than using explorer
> especially if there are 10k's. Alternatively, put the commands in a batch
> file and run that.
>
> Scott
>
> "harry" <harry@historic.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:11ad01c37ea4$d49ef770$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> > Grey
> > How often should you delete these bad mails? Only if
> > there is a lot of them? Monthly? Never if neccesary? Or
> > whenever you feel like it or remember?
> > Thanks
> > HArry
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >You should be able to open the folder from windows
> > explorer. and you are
> > >only deleting half of the files as there is another wad
> > *.bad
> > >
> > >--
> > >Grey
> > >SBS ROCKS MVP
> > >
> > >
> > >www.smallbizserver.com
> > >
> > >
> > >"Ian Rutherford" <ian.rutherford@nbm.bz> wrote in message
> > >news:108c01c37e98$d6289b20$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> > >> We have a SBS server and it has started to play up.
> > Back
> > >> ups have started to fail and the CPU and the memory are
> > >> being flagged in the Event Viewer. I have noticed A
> > LOT of
> > >> files in the Badmail folder and have found that I
> > should
> > >> periodically delete these but the system wont allow me
> > to
> > >> do it. I cant open the badmail folder and can only
> > access
> > >> the files by doing a SEARCH for *.bdp. When I try to
> > >> delete then I can only do less than 30 at a time and
> > >> sometimes I get "Cannot read from disc" errors.
> > >>
> > >> I have tried using scripts but they dont work either.
> > >>
> > >> I am open to ideas!
> > >
> > >
> > >---
> > >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system
> > (http://www.grisoft.com).
> > >Version: 6.0.518 / Virus Database: 316 - Release Date:
> > 9/11/2003
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >
>
>



Re: Deleting badmail by Jeff

Jeff
Fri Sep 19 16:44:08 CDT 2003

You kids slay me!

The recommended method from MS is to:

- Stop the SMTP Service
- rename the Badmail folder itself (don't try to view it!) to something like
Badmail.old
- create a new BadMail folder in this location to replace it
- now delete the entire folder you renamed to Badmail.old.
- Start the SMTP Service


You should clear this as often as needed....meaning that if you are being
heavily spammed, you may need to do it more often. Many of my servers never
were cleaned prior to this year.




"Ian Rutherford" <ian.rutherford@nbm.bz> wrote in message
news:108c01c37e98$d6289b20$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> We have a SBS server and it has started to play up. Back
> ups have started to fail and the CPU and the memory are
> being flagged in the Event Viewer. I have noticed A LOT of
> files in the Badmail folder and have found that I should
> periodically delete these but the system wont allow me to
> do it. I cant open the badmail folder and can only access
> the files by doing a SEARCH for *.bdp. When I try to
> delete then I can only do less than 30 at a time and
> sometimes I get "Cannot read from disc" errors.
>
> I have tried using scripts but they dont work either.
>
> I am open to ideas!



Re: Deleting badmail by Les

Les
Sat Sep 20 09:45:36 CDT 2003

Please post the script so I can replace my .cmd ;-).

--
Les Connor [SBS MVP]
-------------------------------------
SBS Rocks !



"Jeff Middleton [SBS-MVP]" <jeff@cfisolutions.com> wrote in message
news:u0c1navfDHA.3076@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> You kids slay me!
>
> The recommended method from MS is to:
>
> - Stop the SMTP Service
> - rename the Badmail folder itself (don't try to view it!) to something
like
> Badmail.old
> - create a new BadMail folder in this location to replace it
> - now delete the entire folder you renamed to Badmail.old.
> - Start the SMTP Service
>
>
> You should clear this as often as needed....meaning that if you are being
> heavily spammed, you may need to do it more often. Many of my servers
never
> were cleaned prior to this year.
>
>
>
>
> "Ian Rutherford" <ian.rutherford@nbm.bz> wrote in message
> news:108c01c37e98$d6289b20$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> > We have a SBS server and it has started to play up. Back
> > ups have started to fail and the CPU and the memory are
> > being flagged in the Event Viewer. I have noticed A LOT of
> > files in the Badmail folder and have found that I should
> > periodically delete these but the system wont allow me to
> > do it. I cant open the badmail folder and can only access
> > the files by doing a SEARCH for *.bdp. When I try to
> > delete then I can only do less than 30 at a time and
> > sometimes I get "Cannot read from disc" errors.
> >
> > I have tried using scripts but they dont work either.
> >
> > I am open to ideas!
>
>