Exchange 2000 14Gb

[multisyncxp21]

My Exchange 2000 has reached around 14GB. I asked the users to delete emails . I pointed some users mailbox to their local machine. Still the database is showing 14gb.
Do I have to run Eseutil??
I was under the impression that exchange automatically defraged nightly
What are my options. Upgrade to 2003 sp2?
thanks
Sam

 

[paulha]

You need to run the eseutil to reduce the DB size

Either impose mailbox size limits on your users, or upgrade.

 

[Zelandakh]

eseutil /d is the only way to shrink the database but 14GB even on Standard isn't going to stop working. Don't shrink it, check the 1221 events for white space and monitor it.