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Deleting a public folder

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by salman

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I want to delete the public folders , but the problem is that the server on which those folders were created is not available now , and besause of this i cant get the properties of those folders to set the client permissions.
When try to get the properties the message appears that "The contants of the public folders are currently unavailable.Either Microsoft Exchange Server servicing this folder is down or the folder is not replicated to this site.See ur administrator"

Please help and sendme detailed instructions about this problem ....

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by kevin

Public folders are replicated by default. You should be able to go to the existing exchange server and use the system manager to make the deletion via the Public Folders container.

by stuart.bennett

Public folder names are replicated by default but not the contents and so it's a real pain to hide all pf's not replicated to remote sites..

In your case, with the original owner deleted, then you must rehome the public folder using the tab "Advanced" from the properties of the your local server under exchange admin. Clicking the "consistency adjuster" will fix this problem but please click the help button first because this can cause many implications to other sites etc...

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by mebudman

Answer number 3 is correct, except that when doing a IS/DS consistency check, you want to check all the boxes pertaining to public folders, set the inconsistancies to 'all inconsistencies', then click ok, and ok to the warning message about public folders. Run the knowledge consistency checker (located in the directory services properties). Repeat the process as needed to rehome all the public folders. (yes this tools works, it just the amount of times that varies with implementation.)

Hope this helps.

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