"Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmit***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DFCAE2AF-7B42-454D-B4AD-8347A655C59D@microsoft.com...
> Can someone explain to me why when I look in my Exchange System Manager ->
> mailbox store -> mailboxes, I have 2 users there that I check the email
> for
> personally, and under the total items column i have 160some items that are
> seemingly always there.  My email is working fine, i can send and recieve
> without issue, and those never seem to go away.  Am i misinterpreting what
> that "total items" column is telling me?  I am under the impression I
> should
> recieve 160 email..... yet after checking my email and recieving email.
> that
> number doesnt change.  How can I check what those are, and potentitally
> clear
> them if need be?
>
> Windows Server 2003/ Exchange Server 2003 SP2, checking email with Outlook
> 2003.
>
> Thanks for any information

"Ed Crowley [MVP]" wrote:

> Perhaps the users have a view on their mailbox that blocks them from seeing
> the items, maybe they're Calendar, Task, or Contact items.  Maybe they're
> some of the hidden items MAPI puts in the mailbox.  Could be lots of things.
> --
> Ed Crowley
> MVP - Exchange
> "Protecting the world from PSTs and brick backups!"
>
> "Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmit***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DFCAE2AF-7B42-454D-B4AD-8347A655C59D@microsoft.com...
> > Can someone explain to me why when I look in my Exchange System Manager ->
> > mailbox store -> mailboxes, I have 2 users there that I check the email
> > for
> > personally, and under the total items column i have 160some items that are
> > seemingly always there.  My email is working fine, i can send and recieve
> > without issue, and those never seem to go away.  Am i misinterpreting what
> > that "total items" column is telling me?  I am under the impression I
> > should
> > recieve 160 email..... yet after checking my email and recieving email.
> > that
> > number doesnt change.  How can I check what those are, and potentitally
> > clear
> > them if need be?
> >
> > Windows Server 2003/ Exchange Server 2003 SP2, checking email with Outlook
> > 2003.
> >
> > Thanks for any information
>
>
>

"Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmit***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:912F88F5-7654-43C0-91F1-A3EF9B78474C@microsoft.com...
> it is my own mailbox, and to my knowledge nothing is hidden..... if it
> could
> be alot of things, how can i check? or clear it ... ?
>
> "Ed Crowley [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Perhaps the users have a view on their mailbox that blocks them from
>> seeing
>> the items, maybe they're Calendar, Task, or Contact items.  Maybe they're
>> some of the hidden items MAPI puts in the mailbox.  Could be lots of
>> things.
>> --
>> Ed Crowley
>> MVP - Exchange
>> "Protecting the world from PSTs and brick backups!"
>>
>> "Kelly Armitage" <KellyArmit***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:DFCAE2AF-7B42-454D-B4AD-8347A655C59D@microsoft.com...
>> > Can someone explain to me why when I look in my Exchange System
>> > Manager ->
>> > mailbox store -> mailboxes, I have 2 users there that I check the email
>> > for
>> > personally, and under the total items column i have 160some items that
>> > are
>> > seemingly always there.  My email is working fine, i can send and
>> > recieve
>> > without issue, and those never seem to go away.  Am i misinterpreting
>> > what
>> > that "total items" column is telling me?  I am under the impression I
>> > should
>> > recieve 160 email..... yet after checking my email and recieving email.
>> > that
>> > number doesnt change.  How can I check what those are, and potentitally
>> > clear
>> > them if need be?
>> >
>> > Windows Server 2003/ Exchange Server 2003 SP2, checking email with
>> > Outlook
>> > 2003.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any information
>>
>>
>>