Can I disable the abilty of a user to delete a folder in Exchange

[John V]

Is there anyway to stop a user from deleting a folder in their mailbox?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Is there anyway to stop a user from deleting a folder in their mailbox?

If it's a non-default folder, no. If it's a default folder, it should be
undeletable.

 

[K. Orland]

No you cannot, unless it's a default folder. However, if you have DIR turned
on the folder can be recovered (unless they hard-deleted it). I have mine set
to 30 days. It keeps me from having to recover mailboxes more often than not.

 

[John V]

Kathleen, thanks for your response. Can you tell me how thats done?

Thanks

John

 

[K. Orland]

If the user has deleted a folder and not yet emptied deleted items, there is
a + beside deleted items in the folder view. Click on the + to expand and
there's the deleted folder. If they have emptied deleted items, open the
deleted items folder. Click on Tools > Recover Deleted Items. This will show
only if it's been enabled on the Exchange server. If it is enabled, all items
deleted in the normal way (not hard deleted) will show there for whatever
amount of time is set on the server for DIR (deleted item retention). You can
sort by date deleted, subject, or from.

 

[John V]

Thanks a bunch, I'll try that.

If the user has deleted a folder and not yet emptied deleted items, there is
a + beside deleted items in the folder view. Click on the + to expand and
there's the deleted folder. If they have emptied deleted items, open the
deleted items folder. Click on Tools > Recover Deleted Items. This will show
only if it's been enabled on the Exchange server. If it is enabled, all items
deleted in the normal way (not hard deleted) will show there for whatever
amount of time is set on the server for DIR (deleted item retention). You can
sort by date deleted, subject, or from.