Manual Message Purge

The parameters that you enter in the Manual Purge menu control which messages will be deleted.

To perform a manual message purge:

  1. Notify users about the purge beforehand by sending a Message of the Day, to inform users which types of messages will be purged. See Recording Messages/Greetings/Tutorials, for instructions.

  2. From the Main menu, select (S) System Maintenance and then (M) Manual Message Purge.

  3. At the Range of extensions to purge? (first-last) prompt, enter the numbers of the first and last mailboxes in a range, separated by a hyphen (for example, 100-399) OR press <Enter> to check ALL mailboxes for old messages.

  4. At the Feature Classes to purge prompt, enter one of the following:

  5. At the Group Classes to purge prompt, enter o/e/u/l, the number(s), range, or press Enter for all (as in step 4).

  6. The system now offers a series of age prompts. Select one of the following parameters or press Enter to move to the next prompt without selecting:

The system displays the conditions you specified for the messages to purge.

  1. If the conditions are correct, type purge (lower-case) to activate the purge. If the conditions are NOT correct, press Enter and start the procedure again.

Purging is complete when the system displays the shortened version of the System Maintenance Menu.