Recovering Deleted Items when purged from Deleted Item Recovery

Recovering Deleted Items when purged from Deleted Item Recovery

Post by Chris Claus » Fri, 14 Dec 2001 07:31:30



Hello -

Thanks in advance.  If possible, please send a CC to my email address at

I have noticed that when a user is savy enough, they can go into Recover
Deleted Items and select the big red X to delete items from the list.  At
that point, mgmt can not get in to recover the deleted items if a user is
trying to hide abuse of the system.

Is there any way to turn off this feature or to recover the email?

Chris

 
 
 

Recovering Deleted Items when purged from Deleted Item Recovery

Post by William Lefkovics [MVP » Fri, 14 Dec 2001 08:01:31


What version of Exchange?

You could either deploy message journaling to ensure messages are retained
or, if you are on Exchange2000, you can set the server to not purge these
items until they make it to a backup archive set.

William Lefkovics, MCSE, A+


> Hello -

> Thanks in advance.  If possible, please send a CC to my email address at

> I have noticed that when a user is savy enough, they can go into Recover
> Deleted Items and select the big red X to delete items from the list.  At
> that point, mgmt can not get in to recover the deleted items if a user is
> trying to hide abuse of the system.

> Is there any way to turn off this feature or to recover the email?

> Chris


 
 
 

Recovering Deleted Items when purged from Deleted Item Recovery

Post by Chris Claus » Fri, 14 Dec 2001 11:52:19


Will -

Thanks for the info.  Exchange 5.5 also has an option to specify that
messages will not be deleted until a backup is made, however according to MS
tech support - they mean the transaction log of the deletion.  When a user
purges messages - they are gone.  They also suggested that I use journaling.

I don't know what to think about this.  On the one hand, a user can get rid
of something.  On the other hand, mgmt might want to be able to recreate
email.  I lean towards the mgmt side of things.  I wish MS would dissalow a
purge from deleted items as an option!

Chris



> What version of Exchange?

> You could either deploy message journaling to ensure messages are retained
> or, if you are on Exchange2000, you can set the server to not purge these
> items until they make it to a backup archive set.

> William Lefkovics, MCSE, A+



> > Hello -

> > Thanks in advance.  If possible, please send a CC to my email address at

> > I have noticed that when a user is savy enough, they can go into Recover
> > Deleted Items and select the big red X to delete items from the list.
At
> > that point, mgmt can not get in to recover the deleted items if a user
is
> > trying to hide abuse of the system.

> > Is there any way to turn off this feature or to recover the email?

> > Chris

 
 
 

Recovering Deleted Items when purged from Deleted Item Recovery

Post by Michael Abbaticchio [MVP » Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:23:52


Perhaps the answer may be more on the lines of diabling the recover deleted
items feature on Outlook if this is possible.  Or even go as far as setting
up a public folder or second mailbox as an alternate recipient.

--

regards,
Michael Abbaticchio
http://www.abbaticc.com


> Will -

> Thanks for the info.  Exchange 5.5 also has an option to specify that
> messages will not be deleted until a backup is made, however according to
MS
> tech support - they mean the transaction log of the deletion.  When a user
> purges messages - they are gone.  They also suggested that I use
journaling.

> I don't know what to think about this.  On the one hand, a user can get
rid
> of something.  On the other hand, mgmt might want to be able to recreate
> email.  I lean towards the mgmt side of things.  I wish MS would dissalow
a
> purge from deleted items as an option!

> Chris



> > What version of Exchange?

> > You could either deploy message journaling to ensure messages are
retained
> > or, if you are on Exchange2000, you can set the server to not purge
these
> > items until they make it to a backup archive set.

> > William Lefkovics, MCSE, A+



> > > Hello -

> > > Thanks in advance.  If possible, please send a CC to my email address
at

> > > I have noticed that when a user is savy enough, they can go into
Recover
> > > Deleted Items and select the big red X to delete items from the list.
> At
> > > that point, mgmt can not get in to recover the deleted items if a user
> is
> > > trying to hide abuse of the system.

> > > Is there any way to turn off this feature or to recover the email?

> > > Chris

 
 
 

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