Recovering Outlook/Exchange 2003 Outbox Messages
An employee uses a lot of delayed email, which gets saved in their Outbox. I reinstalled Outlook and saved backups of everything but these outgoing messages and now they are gone. It doesn't look to promising, but is there anyway to recover these delayed/outbox messages? Were they not saved on the server like the In Box? We use MS Exchange and Outlook 2003.
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Yes, I believe it was a direct connection, not cached exchange mode. At least that's the setting I have him on now.
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So, no it probably was a direct connection because I don't have a pst or ost for his main email box, just for his archives. By the way, can I redirect the archives to the server. I was surprised to discover they are on everyone's local drive, and are not being backed up.
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Thanks. The article was thorough.
Are you using a true Exchange connection or is this a SMTP connection to the server?
If it's a true exchange connection, check the drafts folder when connecting to outlook web access (OWA) for the drafts. They should be there.
MegaNuk3's option is a good one too if you have a direct exchange connection. Let us know. There are several tools for recovery if that's the case.
Last, if it's not a direct connection, there should be a PST, not an OST. Do you ahve that backed up?
Hope this helps.