Powershell – Exchange 2010 SP1 Search Mailbox

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I am trying to search mailboxes (after doing an export to PST) and delete messages that meet a certain criteria.

Everytime I try and run the Search-Mailbox command, I get the following output:

The target mailbox or .pst file path is required.
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [], ArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 79CD2AE3

I've even tried the examples that PowerShell shows and still get the same message.

An example of trying a command out:

[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Search-Mailbox -Identity "David Tester" -SearchQuery "Subject:'Your bank statement'"
The target mailbox or .pst file path is required.
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [], ArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 79CD2AE3

[PS] C:\Windows\system32>

Any help would be great

Thanks

Best Answer

The issue is that you need to have some target mailbox and folder, or else the DeleteContent flag.

Search-Mailbox -Identity "April Stewart" -SearchQuery 'Subject:"Your bank statement"' -TargetMailbox "administrator" -TargetFolder "SearchAndDeleteLog" -LogOnly -LogLevel Full

The example above is a Log Only search that won't move any messages.

See the manual page for the Search-Mailbox command and note which switches are required.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd298173.aspx

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