PC Adm: Deleting Users w/IMPORT Leaves Orphaned Folders, .IDXs

Last reviewed: June 4, 1996
Article ID: Q117197

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, versions 3.0 and 3.2

SYMPTOMS

When you use the IMPORT utility (IMPORT.EXE) included with versions 3.0 and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks to delete users from the local postoffice, the users are deleted from the database; however, their folders and .IDX files remain.

CAUSE

The IMPORT.EXE utility does not delete the local user's files from the FOLDERS\LOC subdirectory.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in versions 3.0 and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks. This problem was corrected in version 3.2a.

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.20
KBCategory: kbtool kbbug3.00 kbbug3.20 kbfix3.20a
KBSubcategory: MailPCAdm

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Last reviewed: June 4, 1996
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