Can't delete queues from SMTP

[djmy]

My Exchange 2000 server has several SMTP address and domain folders under the SMTP / Default SMTP Virtual Server / Queues tree. All indicate (Remote Delivery). These all appear to be NDRs going out to bogus email addresses. They've had multiple retries and will eventually time out and remove themselves. I'd like to just delete them. When I right click on the folder and select "Delete all messages (No NDR)", nothing happens to the folder. If I enumerate the messages, I can see that the messages are deleted, but the folder sticks around and will continue to retry making a connection.

How can I delete these folders manually?

 

[Marcs41]

You should NEVER send an NDR!
Disable all NDR, Autoreplies and Out of Office to the internet, as that is excatly what spammers use to compare valid with non-valid addresses.

Also see:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=314327#3

Marc
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[mcnuttlaw]

I too had numerous domains appearing in the queue. Fortunately, I reenabled an email account that I knew was receiving a lot of spam. Once reactivated, the queue dropped to one or two.