Mailbox Quotas

Customer has SBS2003. I removed mailbox quotas, at the mailstore level
and also for a specific user. He was still not able to send or receive.
How long should it normally take before this takes effect, should it be
instantanious or is there a system task that needs to run first ?
Thanks
Simon

"Simon" <> wrote in message
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> Customer has SBS2003. I removed mailbox quotas, at the mailstore level and
> also for a specific user. He was still not able to send or receive. How
> long should it normally take before this takes effect, should it be
> instantanious or is there a system task that needs to run first ?
> Thanks
> Simon


Should be immediate. Even if it was at the mailbox level, if you go into the
user's account properties and uncheck to use Store Limits, it should be
immediate. You didn't have to change it at the Store level.

Are there any errors on the workstation or server side? If so, pos the
EventID# in the event logs, please.

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Ace Fekay [MCT] <> wrote:
> "Simon" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Customer has SBS2003. I removed mailbox quotas, at the mailstore
>> level and also for a specific user. He was still not able to send or
>> receive. How long should it normally take before this takes effect,
>> should it be instantanious or is there a system task that needs to
>> run first ? Thanks
>> Simon
>
>
> Should be immediate. Even if it was at the mailbox level, if you go
> into the user's account properties and uncheck to use Store Limits,
> it should be immediate. You didn't have to change it at the Store
> level.
> Are there any errors on the workstation or server side? If so, pos the
> EventID# in the event logs, please.

Actually, while yes, it *should* be immediate in my view, but it ain't. Even
in a single server environment it can take several hours for this change to
be reflected everywhere. You can restart the System Attendant if you must
hurry it up. Users in cached mode won't notice.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
< hoo.com> wrote in message
news:...
> Ace Fekay [MCT] <> wrote:
>> "Simon" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> Customer has SBS2003. I removed mailbox quotas, at the mailstore
>>> level and also for a specific user. He was still not able to send or
>>> receive. How long should it normally take before this takes effect,
>>> should it be instantanious or is there a system task that needs to
>>> run first ? Thanks
>>> Simon
>>
>>
>> Should be immediate. Even if it was at the mailbox level, if you go
>> into the user's account properties and uncheck to use Store Limits,
>> it should be immediate. You didn't have to change it at the Store
>> level.
>> Are there any errors on the workstation or server side? If so, pos the
>> EventID# in the event logs, please.
>
> Actually, while yes, it *should* be immediate in my view, but it ain't.
> Even in a single server environment it can take several hours for this
> change to be reflected everywhere. You can restart the System Attendant if
> you must hurry it up. Users in cached mode won't notice.
>


Good point. :-) Immediate is not necessarily immediate, like going to a
doctor's office and waiting for 2 hours past your appt time. :-)

Ace

Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> < hoo.com> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Ace Fekay [MCT] <> wrote:
>>> "Simon" <> wrote in message
>>> news:%...
>>>> Customer has SBS2003. I removed mailbox quotas, at the mailstore
>>>> level and also for a specific user. He was still not able to send or
>>>> receive. How long should it normally take before this takes effect,
>>>> should it be instantanious or is there a system task that needs to
>>>> run first ? Thanks
>>>> Simon
>>>
>>> Should be immediate. Even if it was at the mailbox level, if you go
>>> into the user's account properties and uncheck to use Store Limits,
>>> it should be immediate. You didn't have to change it at the Store
>>> level.
>>> Are there any errors on the workstation or server side? If so, pos the
>>> EventID# in the event logs, please.
>> Actually, while yes, it *should* be immediate in my view, but it ain't.
>> Even in a single server environment it can take several hours for this
>> change to be reflected everywhere. You can restart the System Attendant if
>> you must hurry it up. Users in cached mode won't notice.
>>
>
>
> Good point. :-) Immediate is not necessarily immediate, like going to a
> doctor's office and waiting for 2 hours past your appt time. :-)
>
> Ace
>
>
Thanks Ace and LW, no calls yet this morning so hopefully the quotas hae
sorted themselves out.
Simon

"Simon" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:
>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>> < hoo.com> wrote in
>> message news:...
>>> Ace Fekay [MCT] <> wrote:
>>>> "Simon" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:%...
>>>>> Customer has SBS2003. I removed mailbox quotas, at the mailstore
>>>>> level and also for a specific user. He was still not able to send or
>>>>> receive. How long should it normally take before this takes effect,
>>>>> should it be instantanious or is there a system task that needs to
>>>>> run first ? Thanks
>>>>> Simon
>>>>
>>>> Should be immediate. Even if it was at the mailbox level, if you go
>>>> into the user's account properties and uncheck to use Store Limits,
>>>> it should be immediate. You didn't have to change it at the Store
>>>> level.
>>>> Are there any errors on the workstation or server side? If so, pos the
>>>> EventID# in the event logs, please.
>>> Actually, while yes, it *should* be immediate in my view, but it ain't.
>>> Even in a single server environment it can take several hours for this
>>> change to be reflected everywhere. You can restart the System Attendant
>>> if you must hurry it up. Users in cached mode won't notice.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Good point. :-) Immediate is not necessarily immediate, like going to a
>> doctor's office and waiting for 2 hours past your appt time. :-)
>>
>> Ace
> Thanks Ace and LW, no calls yet this morning so hopefully the quotas hae
> sorted themselves out.
> Simon


Good to hear. Post back if you it didn't work, or if you have any additional
questions.

Ace

Simon <> wrote:
> Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:
>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>> < hoo.com> wrote in
>> message news:...
>>> Ace Fekay [MCT] <> wrote:
>>>> "Simon" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:%...
>>>>> Customer has SBS2003. I removed mailbox quotas, at the mailstore
>>>>> level and also for a specific user. He was still not able to send
>>>>> or receive. How long should it normally take before this takes
>>>>> effect, should it be instantanious or is there a system task that
>>>>> needs to run first ? Thanks
>>>>> Simon
>>>>
>>>> Should be immediate. Even if it was at the mailbox level, if you go
>>>> into the user's account properties and uncheck to use Store Limits,
>>>> it should be immediate. You didn't have to change it at the Store
>>>> level.
>>>> Are there any errors on the workstation or server side? If so, pos
>>>> the EventID# in the event logs, please.
>>> Actually, while yes, it *should* be immediate in my view, but it
>>> ain't. Even in a single server environment it can take several
>>> hours for this change to be reflected everywhere. You can restart
>>> the System Attendant if you must hurry it up. Users in cached mode
>>> won't notice.
>>
>>
>> Good point. :-) Immediate is not necessarily immediate, like going
>> to a doctor's office and waiting for 2 hours past your appt time. :-)
>>
>> Ace
>>
>>
> Thanks Ace and LW, no calls yet this morning so hopefully the quotas
> hae sorted themselves out.
> Simon

Cool. You can check the status in ESM in the Mailboxes view ...just add the
additional column for storage limits, and it will show you who's over.

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
> Simon <> wrote:
>> Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:
>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>>> < hoo.com> wrote in
>>> message news:...
>>>> Ace Fekay [MCT] <> wrote:
>>>>> "Simon" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%...
>>>>>> Customer has SBS2003. I removed mailbox quotas, at the mailstore
>>>>>> level and also for a specific user. He was still not able to send
>>>>>> or receive. How long should it normally take before this takes
>>>>>> effect, should it be instantanious or is there a system task that
>>>>>> needs to run first ? Thanks
>>>>>> Simon
>>>>> Should be immediate. Even if it was at the mailbox level, if you go
>>>>> into the user's account properties and uncheck to use Store Limits,
>>>>> it should be immediate. You didn't have to change it at the Store
>>>>> level.
>>>>> Are there any errors on the workstation or server side? If so, pos
>>>>> the EventID# in the event logs, please.
>>>> Actually, while yes, it *should* be immediate in my view, but it
>>>> ain't. Even in a single server environment it can take several
>>>> hours for this change to be reflected everywhere. You can restart
>>>> the System Attendant if you must hurry it up. Users in cached mode
>>>> won't notice.
>>>
>>> Good point. :-) Immediate is not necessarily immediate, like going
>>> to a doctor's office and waiting for 2 hours past your appt time. :-)
>>>
>>> Ace
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks Ace and LW, no calls yet this morning so hopefully the quotas
>> hae sorted themselves out.
>> Simon
>
> Cool. You can check the status in ESM in the Mailboxes view ...just add the
> additional column for storage limits, and it will show you who's over.
>
>
Thanks LW good tip. It shows no checking on the user (the MD) so I
presume he's not subject to quotas now
Simon

"Simon" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
>> Simon <> wrote:
>>> Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:
>>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>>>> < hoo.com> wrote in
>>>> message news:...
>>>>> Ace Fekay [MCT] <> wrote:
>>>>>> "Simon" <> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:%...
>>>>>>> Customer has SBS2003. I removed mailbox quotas, at the mailstore
>>>>>>> level and also for a specific user. He was still not able to send
>>>>>>> or receive. How long should it normally take before this takes
>>>>>>> effect, should it be instantanious or is there a system task that
>>>>>>> needs to run first ? Thanks
>>>>>>> Simon
>>>>>> Should be immediate. Even if it was at the mailbox level, if you go
>>>>>> into the user's account properties and uncheck to use Store Limits,
>>>>>> it should be immediate. You didn't have to change it at the Store
>>>>>> level.
>>>>>> Are there any errors on the workstation or server side? If so, pos
>>>>>> the EventID# in the event logs, please.
>>>>> Actually, while yes, it *should* be immediate in my view, but it
>>>>> ain't. Even in a single server environment it can take several
>>>>> hours for this change to be reflected everywhere. You can restart
>>>>> the System Attendant if you must hurry it up. Users in cached mode
>>>>> won't notice.
>>>>
>>>> Good point. :-) Immediate is not necessarily immediate, like going
>>>> to a doctor's office and waiting for 2 hours past your appt time. :-)
>>>>
>>>> Ace
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Thanks Ace and LW, no calls yet this morning so hopefully the quotas
>>> hae sorted themselves out.
>>> Simon
>>
>> Cool. You can check the status in ESM in the Mailboxes view ...just add
>> the additional column for storage limits, and it will show you who's
>> over.
> Thanks LW good tip. It shows no checking on the user (the MD) so I presume
> he's not subject to quotas now
> Simon


I guess it just needed a little patience. :-

Cheers!

Ace