How to access, restore, or delete a Soft Deleted Item in Exchange Server (232265)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Extended Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI)
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
This article was previously published under Q232265 SUMMARY
On a Microsoft Exchange server, when a message or a folder is deleted from a Public or Deleted Items Folder, a backup copy of that item is kept for a defined period of time. This period of time is known as deleted item retention time (The backup item will be referred to as a Soft Deleted Item or a Tombstone). Outlook allows you to get a list of the Soft Deleted messages in a folder and to either restore the messages back to the original folders or permanently remove the messages from the system. This article shows you how to use Extended MAPI with the SHOW_SOFT_DELETES and DELETE_HARD_DELETE flags, to programmatically access, restore, and permanently delete these Soft Deleted Items.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 1/13/2006 |
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Keywords: | kbFAQ kbhowto kbMsg KB232265 |
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