> -----Original Message----- > From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 2:36 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: How Do I Restore Something That Has Been Deleted and Is Past The > Deleted Item Retention Period? > > Ok... > > Environment: > Exchange 5.5 SP4, Win2000 SP2, non-AD on an NT 4.0 domain. > > Currently using the Ed Crowley "Never Restore Method" from the archives: > http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq_appxb.htm. The only difference > currently, is that our Deleted Item Retention time is set for 14 days > instead of 30. > > Problem: > User A receives X-number of e-mails between say May 15th and June 30th and > replies to all of them. Her replies are kept in the Sent Items of her > mailbox. Her mailbox goes over it's limit so that she can't send anymore. > She gets frustrated, deletes everything from her Sent Items and empties > her > Deleted Items. > > Here is my understanding of the process from this point on. > 1. When she empties the Deleted Items in her mailbox, the IS looks at the > date of the actual message and if the current date and the date it was > created on is greater than 14 days, it logically marks it as deleted, > hides > it from the client and tombstones it. Message is marked as deleted on %currentdate/time% and is placed in dumpster. > 2. When I go to the client's mailbox and attempt to recover items from > either the Deleted Items or the Sent Items, I get only those items that > are > 14 days old or less. Only items that were deleted in the last 14 days... The column shows 'deleted on'. > Question: > So...how do I restore a tombstoned item so that it is no longer hidden > from > the client application? You restore items deleted more than 14 days ago from backup tape. >I think the "Q" article below is what I am > looking > for, but as I am NO programmer, I really have no idea how to implement it. > Do I copy and paste the required snippets into a PERL script and run the > script under the Exchange Service account privileges or what? > > HOWTO: Access, Restore, Delete Soft Deleted Item Exchange Server (Q232265) > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q232265 (may wrap) > > XADM: How to View Deleted (Tombstoned) Objects (Q239639) > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q239639 > This actually looks more like what I need, but after reading it, it seems > to > be talking about mailboxes and PF's only, not individual mailbox items. > Maybe I'm misreading it... > > TIA for any help you can give... > > Jim Blunt > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
