XADM: Mailbox Cleanup Agent Remains in Mailbox Resources After Being Removed

ID: Q220818

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SYMPTOMS

Mailbox Cleanup Agent remains as an entry in the private information store Mailbox Resources after the Mailbox Cleanup Agent has been removed.

RESOLUTION

The Mailbox Cleanup Agent can be installed in any of the following containers:

Configuration

Add-Ins

Addressing

Address-Templates

Address-Types

Display-Templates

Connections

Dir-Repl

Monitors

Recipients

If the Mailbox Cleanup Agent was installed in a Recipients container, you can remove the mailbox resource. To remove the entry from the private information store Mailbox Resources:

Create a mailbox in the same Recipients container that the Mailbox Cleanup Agent was installed in.

In the Alias box, type MSExchangeMCA.

In the other boxes, type any applicable information that you want to.

After you create the mailbox, you can delete it, and then the mailbox resource for the Mailbox Cleanup Agent is deleted as well.

When you create this mailbox you create an object that has the same Distinguished Name (DN) as the Mailbox Cleanup Agent mailbox resource.

MORE INFORMATION

This behavior is by design.

Additional query words: mca, mbclean

Keywords : exc55
Version : winnt:5.5
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb