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Mike
Asked: 2010-04-15 11:16:41 +0800 CST

Sharepoint discussion board w/ attachments expiration policy

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I want to set a retention policy (DB Settings -> Information Management Policy Settings) on a discussion board, but does the attachment get deleted as well?

Also, I have a discussion board retention policy right now that isn't working properly. The criteria is:

Last Updated + 30 days

Delete

There are plenty of dicussion items that are long past "Last Updated". Any ideas why?

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  1. Best Answer

    It is a known (but not very well documented) issue that discussion board items do not expire properly when setup with an Information Management Expiration policy. The usual symptom is that replies to a post expire, but the root post never will.

    The workaround is to setup a Disposition Approval workflow and have that delete the items.

    To answer the main part of your question - yes, when the item expires, the attachment should also expire.

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