vbowman
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How can I recover an inbox that was deleted in error?
k, here's the scenerio. I accidently deleted everything in my inbox. I am running Windows 2003 Server and Exchange 2003 Server. I was testing using email in ACT! databse and in order to do so I set it up to use Pop3. I have no idea what I was thinking (but clearly, I wasn't) but I tested it on my account. Worked great in ACT!, But I was not thinking that it actually DOWNLOADED all of my email from my inbox which I proceeded to delete.
SO, of course when I go into my Outlook account my entire inbox is wiped out (500 emails..gone). It is not in the Deleted items because I really did not delete them in Outlook so I can not recover them there.
Is there a way to recover them through Exchange Server? And, dang gone it I just ordered my backup software and external hard drives, so I do not have any backups.
Any help would be great! Thanks
SO, of course when I go into my Outlook account my entire inbox is wiped out (500 emails..gone). It is not in the Deleted items because I really did not delete them in Outlook so I can not recover them there.
Is there a way to recover them through Exchange Server? And, dang gone it I just ordered my backup software and external hard drives, so I do not have any backups.
Any help would be great! Thanks
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Sorry Vbowman In this scenario you can not recover mails .Because you do not have backup as well.What if are you able to forward those mails from ACT!
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That's what I thought...shoot outta luck. Well I would love to forward those emails from ACT! but that is where I deleted them (noth thinking.
I thought maybe there was a way through Exchange to get these back. I can see all the messages that I have received under Exchange, but it is only a log file, not the email itself. So, I guess I can email each person and tell them to resend the emails. EGADS!
I thought maybe there was a way through Exchange to get these back. I can see all the messages that I have received under Exchange, but it is only a log file, not the email itself. So, I guess I can email each person and tell them to resend the emails. EGADS!
If you have'nt disabled the circular logging, you may have full set of transaction log in your Exchange Server.
Setup recovery server, move the transaction logs to the recovery server and recover the databases using transaction logs. You may have a chance to get your mail back.
Setup recovery server, move the transaction logs to the recovery server and recover the databases using transaction logs. You may have a chance to get your mail back.
Pomiu,
Yhis is a good thought. I will expand on it just a bit.
You have to have EVERY logfile ever created from day 1 to completely rebuild the database.
And then I am not sure if when a POP3 client accesses the database and downloads email if this action is recorded in the log files. My gut instinct is that this action will be in the log files but I am not sure.
Yhis is a good thought. I will expand on it just a bit.
You have to have EVERY logfile ever created from day 1 to completely rebuild the database.
And then I am not sure if when a POP3 client accesses the database and downloads email if this action is recorded in the log files. My gut instinct is that this action will be in the log files but I am not sure.
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Sorry, I just saw this. I am going to try this. I have every log file from day one. Thanks and I'll let you know how it turned out.
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Unfortunetly, I did not do that. I have it set now! ( I set this up under ACT!) This is the only program in which I use Pop3 for.
Method 2
These were not deleted from Outlook, rather they were downloaded via Pop3 to ACT! and then deleted so this is not an option.
Darn....good answers, just do not fit my scenerio. But thanks anyway!