Does a shared mailbox need at least one member?

[PS_83]

I remember reading something a few month's ago (forget where) the mentioned any 365 shared mailboxes that don't have at least one member will be removed. Is that true?

[#2]

Yes, you will need to add members to the shared mail box -

"Members are the people who will be able to view the incoming mail to this shared mailbox, and the outgoing replies."

Please refer to the following article -

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/admin/email/create-a-shared-mailbox?view=o365-worldwide

@PS_83 

[#3]

@Paras Dodhia I understand how to use them but sometimes there are scenario's in where a user leaves the company and we want to convert his mailbox to a shared mailbox but the staff cannot decide who should be a member of that mailbox. So my question is, if we have a shared mailbox with zero members will it be deleted after a certain time period if there are no members?

[#4 · Accepted solution]

No, the shared mailbox would not get automatically deleted @PS_83