Maintenance Commands 6-63
Octel 200/300 S.4.1PB60019−01
MBLOCK and MPURGE Considerations
-Blocked messages (explicitly by MBLOCK or implicitly by an all-mailbox MPURGE) are not
automatically deleted from the message server. The space used by the message and the associated
header become available for reuse when the message server is restarted.
-If a message has been forwarded, the forwarded instance is not automatically deleted by the MPURGE
command. Make the message unplayable using the MBLOCK command. The message recipient hears
the sender’s name if available, but the message is not played. The prompt requesting that the
message be deleted is heard.
-Any message can be Auto-Copied. If the single-mailbox MPURGE command is used to delete a
message, that message must be deleted from the Auto-Copy target as well. If the all-mailbox
MPURGE is used, in general, the message is deleted from Auto-Copy targets.
-Even if a message is part of a forwarding chain, only that particular message is blocked or purged.
Block or purge all messages in the chain, if desired. For instance, if a voice-annotated fax message is
to be purged, enter the MPURGE command separately for both the voice annotation and for the fax
message. Similarly, if a message was forwarded with comments, delete both the comments and the
forwarded message with the MPURGE command.
-If part of a forwarded message chain is marked unplayable, when the message server is restarted,
messages from the point of those marked unplayable are deleted. For example, if a message is
forwarded with comments and then forwarded a second time with comments, blocking the first
forwarded comments deletes those comments and the message, but the second forwarded comments
can still be played.