How to remove mailbox - user already deleted from AD

[beatdown]

I need to remove a prior employees mailbox from Exchange 2007, but the problem is that the users account has already been deleted from Active Directory.

So when I try to remove it, I get an error saying the user object cannot be found. I tried recreating a new user with the same user name, in the same OU, but that didn't work.

I really don't want to have to go through the trouble of an authoritative restore, to restore the account.

Is there a way that I can remove this mailbox?

Thanks!

 

[theravager]

remove-mailbox is the command you need

 

[beatdown]

I tried that yesterday, but the Remove-Mailbox command also returned an error about the object not being in AD.

Anyhow, when I returned to work this morning, and opened the Exchange Management Console, I found that the mailbox was gone. It's not listed in Disconnected Mailboxes either, nor was it listed there yesterday when I went home.

So I guess the system purged it overnight?

Problem solved, but I don't quite understand how.