# 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:

   - o = odd numbered only

   - e = even numbered only

   - u = upper half only

   - l = lower half only

   - x-y to enter a range (x and y are numbers between 1 and 640)

   - x, y, z to enter individual classes

   - x to enter a single class of service

   - Enter = purge all mailboxes or purge all classes of service

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:

   - Age, in hours, of played messages to purge? [<CR> for no purge]:The age of a played message indicates the number of hours it is stored on the hard disk after it was played and kept.

   - Age, in hours, of unplayed messages to purge? This value indicates the number of hours an unplayed message is stored on the hard disk.

   - Age, in hours, of urgent messages to purge? This value indicates the number of hours an urgent message is stored.

   - Age, in hours, of cut-through receipts to purge?

   - Age, in hours, of receipts to purge?

   - Age, in hours, of played fax messages to purge?

   - Age, in hours, of unplayed fax messages to purge?

   - Age, in hours, of urgent fax messages to purge?

   - Age, in hours, of fax receipts to purge?

   - Age, in absolute hours, of messages to purge?

   - Purge Distribution Lists (Enter ’Y’ or <CR> for no purge]. Purge searches distribution lists for all mailboxes. If a mailbox is in a distribution list, but that mailbox does not exist, Purge removes it from the distribution list. (When this mailbox is the last one in a list, the list is deleted.)

   - Age, in hours, of NIB copy lists to be purged? Enter a value between 1 and 999.

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.

Parent topic: Message Purge