DOCUMENT:Q117197  09-NOV-1999  [pcmail]
TITLE   :PC Adm: Deleting Users w/IMPORT Leaves Orphaned Folders, .IDXs
PRODUCT :Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.0,3.2
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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, versions 3.0, 3.2 
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SYMPTOMS
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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
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The IMPORT.EXE utility does not delete the local user's files from the
FOLDERS\LOC subdirectory.

STATUS
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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

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Technology        : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMailPCN320 kbMailPCN300
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.2

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