What to do when you go over quota on your Exchange Account
What to do when you go over quota on your Exchange account (Outlook 2002, 2003, and 2007)
An error message such as "your mailbox is over its size limit" indicates that you have exceeded your Exchange server quota. Exchange accounts at Ozarka College have a default quota of 500MB.
You can check your disk quota by using the mailbox cleanup tool in Outlook 2002, 2003, or 2007. (This tool is not available in prior versions of Outlook.)
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From the
Toolsmenu, selectMailbox Cleanup... .
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Click the
View Mailbox Size...(Outlook 2003 and 2007) orClick Here(Outlook 2002) button to view your usage.
Following are suggestions to help you stay within your Exchange quota:
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Check the
Deleted Itemsfolder
- Check for large messages and attachments
Check the
Deleted Items folder
Any mail you've deleted from your Inbox (or any other folder) is not really gone until you empty the
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To delete individual messages in the
Deleted Itemsfolder, select the appropriate message, and click theDeletebutton on the toolbar (it looks like an "X").
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To empty the entire
Deleted Itemsfolder, from theToolsmenu, selectEmpty "Deleted Items" Folder.
If you wish, you can set Outlook to automatically delete items in the
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Within Outlook, from the
Toolsmenu, selectOptions... .
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Click the
Othertab.
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In the window that appears, select the checkbox that says
Empty the Deleted Items folder upon exiting.
Check for large messages and attachments
To search for messages and attachments over a specified size, follow the directions below to use Advanced Find:
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From the
Toolsmenu, chooseMailbox Cleanup... .
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Click the radio button
Find items larger than. You can leave the default value of 250 kilobytes or increase it to narrow your search to larger messages. A good starting point is 5,000 kilobytes.
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Click
Find... .
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In the
Advanced Findwindow, clickView, thenArrange By, and thenSize.
Now that you have a list of messages in the
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You can delete them by right-clicking each message in the
Advanced Findwindow and choosingDelete.
Note: This option will move the message to the
Deleted Itemsfolder, but you will need to empty that folder to reduce your overall quota.
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You can open each message, save its attachment(s) to a local folder, and then remove the attachment(s) from the message. This will allow you to keep the email message without the attachment counting against your Exchange quota. Below are the steps for this procedure:
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In the
Advanced Findwindow, double-click the message.
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Right-click the attachment(s), and click
Save As... .
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Browse to the folder you would like to save the attachment in, and click
Save.
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Right-click the attachment(s), and click
Remove.
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From the message's
Filemenu, selectSaveto save the message without the attachment(s).
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In the