recovering mailboxes   

We have a server located in a separate forest to conduct mailbox recovery 
requests .  Generally speaking we perform our 
recoveries as follows:
1. Create a separate Restore acct called "restore" on the Restore Server in 
the separate Forest
2.  Perform Tape restore to the Restore Server ( the Restore server has 
exact configuration as production server and all storage grps/stores are 
identically labelled)
3.  We restore from tape Week by Week mailbox information (commit the logs 
as we process each week) then Exmerge Copy the files to a separate folder on 
the Restore Server.  We also recover DUMPSTER information at this time.
4.  When all the weeks are recovered, we Exmerge/Import each week's PST file 
into a single PST
5.  We then Exmerge/copy that last PST for our Investigation/Special mailbox 
recovery file.

Now, here's the issue.  Somehow during the Exmerge/Import process "some" 
emails going into the Deleted Items folder show up with the RESTORE acct in 
the TO: field vs the username.  In other words, if the Exmerge copied the 
mailbox (including the dumpster data) to the reconnected RESTORE acct, some 
of the emails show up as "restore" in the To: field.  My guess is that these 
emails are those that were recovered from the dumpster.  On the Weekly PSTs 
copied from the mailbox there is no indication of the RESTORE acct being 
addressed in the TO field, however.  They only occur after Exmerge/Import

While I understand that this procedure may not be the most optimum way to 
handle mailbox recoveries, our limited budget forces us to use it for the 
time being.  So, my current interest is not with the procedure but with a 
reason why the RESTORE ACCTs are showing up vs the UserName.  

As our budget improves, we will be interested in other alternatives to 
perform our mailbox recoveries more efficiently.

Am looking for a reason or solution?  If this is normal, I just need to know 
this so I can explain it to our Legal folks who are wondering why this occurs.

Thanks very much

date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 13:54:01 -0700   author:   Pearl