How can I undelete mail in Outlook?
December 21, 1999
A. When you delete an item from the Outlook client (and its beenremoved from the Deleted Items folder) it is actually kept on the Exchangeserver for a set amount of time (Exchange Server 5.5 and above only), obviouslythis only applies if the mail is from an Exchange server, if you use Outlook todownload from POP3, IMAP etc this does not work. Mail and can be recovered asfollows:
Start the Outlook client
Select the "Deleted Items folder"
Select "Recover Deleted Items" from the Tools menu
Select the message and click the "Recover selected message"button
Close the dialog
The message will be added to the "Deleted Items" folder
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To change the number of days Exchange stores deleted items for perform thefollowing:
Start the Exchange Administrator Program (Start - Programs - MicrosoftExchange - Exchange Administrator Program)
Expand the Org, site, Configuration, Servers and select the server
Select Private Information Store and select Properties from the File menu
Select the General tab
Under "Item Recovery" select the number of days to keep deleteditems for. You can also select to not delete items until the store has beenbacked up
Click OK
Close the Exchange Administrator Program
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