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Where are you seeing that? In outlook or OWA or both?
If just Outlook, it could be that the ost is just corrupt. If so, recreate the Outlook profile and create a new ost.
Your mailbox is almost full
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michael lustig
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Hello everyone
I got a message say "your mailbox is almost full "..but when I am checking in outlook/exchange server there enough space ( at least 3 gb) for this user.
What can I do to fix the problem? To stop the messages?
Thanks
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Joyce Shen - MSFT 16,701 Reputation points2021-01-29T07:42:53+00:00 Any update about your issue?
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Joyce Shen - MSFT 16,701 Reputation points
2021-02-03T09:38:16.233+00:00 Do suggestions below help?
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Hugh Brown 0 Reputation points2023-06-13T09:04:00.5133333+00:00 The message is coming from the domain ipfs.io. some sort of phishing or am I too paranoid. The email does not look very official with just an assortment of useful looking links. Best to avoid? I don't use outlook on a day to day basis. mostly google workplace or whatever it's called these days
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Hugh
https://fleek.ipfs.io/ipfs/
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Andy David - MVP 157.8K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator2021-01-26T17:34:51.167+00:00 -
michael lustig 356 Reputation points
2021-01-27T12:17:57.227+00:00 Thanks for your answer...
When I created a new profile I created a new .ost file?
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Andy David - MVP 157.8K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2021-01-27T13:08:32.693+00:00 Correct. The new profile will have a new name, so the .ost will as well!
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michael lustig 356 Reputation points
2021-03-03T12:34:05.94+00:00 I forgot to say..it is a shared mailbox no a user mailbox.
And the mailbox usage in owa and ecp is correct.But I still get email say "your mailbox is almost full "..
How can I fix it ?
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Troy Werelius 236 Reputation points2021-01-26T17:21:01.42+00:00 You need to look at the storage quotas set for the mailboxes and you can learn more about that here
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Joyce Shen - MSFT 16,701 Reputation points
2021-01-27T02:04:25.727+00:00 What's your Exchange sever version? I Agree with the suggestions above, check the configuration of quota for the mailbox first
Get-Mailbox <Identity> | Format-List IssueWarningQuota,ProhibitSendQuota,ProhibitSendReceiveQuota,UseDatabaseQuotaDefaults,Database Get-MailboxDatabase | select name,issue*,prohibit*In on-premises Exchange, the default value of IssueWarningQuota,ProhibitSendQuota,ProhibitSendReceiveQuota parameters are unlimited. When the UseDatabaseQuotaDefaults parameter is set to $true, the value of the these parameters are ignored, and the mailbox uses the IssueWarningQuota,ProhibitSendQuota,ProhibitSendReceiveQuota value on the mailbox database. To use these parameters to enforce a specific quota value for the mailbox, you need to set the UseDatabaseQuotaDefaults parameter to the value $false.
If you have checked the values above without problem, recreating a new profile for the user will also be a good test to this issue.
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michael lustig 356 Reputation points
2021-03-03T12:35:00.397+00:00 I forgot to say..it is a shared mailbox no a user mailbox.
And the mailbox usage in owa and ecp is correct.But I still get email say "your mailbox is almost full "..
How can I fix it ?
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Andy David - MVP 157.8K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2021-03-03T12:37:21.363+00:00 Did you try creating a new profile?
If you are accessing the shared mailbox from another mailbox then ensure you do not cache shared foldersUncheck that option and restart Outlook:
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Hugh Brown 0 Reputation points
2023-06-13T09:05:19.7566667+00:00 Red Herring?
The message I got is coming from the domain ipfs.io. some sort of phishing or am I too paranoid. The email does not look very official with just an assortment of useful looking links. Best to avoid? I don't use outlook on a day to day basis. mostly google workplace or whatever it's called these days
Best
Hugh