Question : Space Issue with Exchange 2003

I sent a great deal of email messages to all our customers last week  and has a result, the exchange server is creating a lot of files which start with NTFS with a file extension of EML. The are all residing in the Exchsrv\Mailroot\vs 1\Queue. The mail message was only a info mailer so it can be deleted but how do I clear these out of the queue or remove from my C drive?

Answer : Space Issue with Exchange 2003

In the Exchange System Manager, stop the Default SMTP Virtual Server,  
 
then open a Windows Explorer instance, then navigate to the following  
 
directory  
 
\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Mailroot\vsi 1\Queue  
 
There you will see all the e-mails in your exchange queue waiting to go  
 
out (NTFS_hexadecimal-code.EML).  
 
Select them all and hit delete.  
 
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WILL DELETE EVERY E-MAIL THAT IS IN YOUR QUEUE,  
 
GOOD AND BAD!!*  
 
When you're done deleting, go back to ESM and restart your SMTP server.  
 
You should have a nice default queue status when you view your Queues in  
 
ESM.  


How to Delete Messages from Queues in Exchange Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822944


How to block open SMTP relaying and clean up Exchange Server SMTP queues in Windows Small Business Server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324958