Recovering Disabled Mailboxes   

Hi there,

I was wondering if someone could assist me, (Sorry if this is the wrong 
news group, but I couldnt see one for 2007)

Ive been playing with exchange 2007, and testing features etc..

Now, Ive noticed there is a "disable mailbox" and a "remove mailbox"

I have performed each of those commands on different test accounts, 
believing that either command should allow me to still reconnect their 
mailbox to another user...

I performed Disable Mailbox on an account, and the mailbox seems like 
its now disappeared, ie, its not showing as a disconnected mailbox.. but 
the AD user remained...

I did a remove mailbox on another account, and that ended up removing 
the user from AD, but the mailbox then showed as a disconnected mailbox.

The question I have is.. how can I recover/reconnect a mailbox that ive 
run "disabled mailbox" on? as I cant see it in the disconnected mailbox 
section...

Cheers
Spyro

date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:02:16 +1030   author:   Spyro Polymiadis

Re: Recovering Disabled Mailboxes   

Hi,

The mailbox will end up in the disconnected mailbox section eventually 
(assuming that you have configured retention time for mailboxes).

From there you can reconnect the mailbox to a new user.

Leif

"Spyro Polymiadis"  skrev i meddelelsen 
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> Hi there,
>
> I was wondering if someone could assist me, (Sorry if this is the wrong 
> news group, but I couldnt see one for 2007)
>
> Ive been playing with exchange 2007, and testing features etc..
>
> Now, Ive noticed there is a "disable mailbox" and a "remove mailbox"
>
> I have performed each of those commands on different test accounts, 
> believing that either command should allow me to still reconnect their 
> mailbox to another user...
>
> I performed Disable Mailbox on an account, and the mailbox seems like its 
> now disappeared, ie, its not showing as a disconnected mailbox.. but the 
> AD user remained...
>
> I did a remove mailbox on another account, and that ended up removing the 
> user from AD, but the mailbox then showed as a disconnected mailbox.
>
> The question I have is.. how can I recover/reconnect a mailbox that ive 
> run "disabled mailbox" on? as I cant see it in the disconnected mailbox 
> section...
>
> Cheers
> Spyro

date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:05:44 +0100   author:   Leif Pedersen [ MVP]