DOCUMENT:Q173108 07-JAN-2000 [exchange] TITLE :XADM: Mbclean.exe Deletes Outlook Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks PRODUCT :Microsoft Exchange PROD/VER:winnt:5.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbusage ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== If you run the Mbclean.exe utility from the Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit (BORK) to delete all messages over a certain age, Mbclean.exe also deletes users' Outlook Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks items. CAUSE ===== The Exchange Resource Kit utility Mbclean.exe, from the Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit, is a tool that deletes all messages older than a certain date. Therefore, Mbclean.exe also deletes Calendar, Contact, and Task items you have created in Outlook, if those items are older than the number of days specified. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Mbclean.exe in the Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available. MORE INFORMATION ================ If you have users who store Calendar, Contact, or Task items on the server, you should not use the current Mbclean.exe utility from the BackOffice Resource Kit to delete all messages over a certain age. Additional query words: ====================================================================== Keywords : kbusage Technology : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange500 kbZNotKeyword2 Version : winnt:5.0 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbpending ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.