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

Article ID: 117197

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.0
Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2

This article was previously published under Q117197

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 query words: 3.00 3.20

Keywords: KB117197