questions about draft facility in exchange server

[markiv]

I had a few questions on how the draft facility provided by the exchange
server works. If I save a message as a draft and were to come back and edit
the draft is there a means by which I can revert to the original draft? If I
permanently delete a draft from my mailbox is there a means of recovering the
same? I have heard from the technical guys in the office that if you were to
delete a mail from your mailbox the mail administrator could still retrieve
it for you; does this apply to drafts also? Is there any material I can refer
to get more knowledge on the draft facility give by Microsoft in its exchange
server?

 

[Brian Tillman]

I had a few questions on how the draft facility provided by the
exchange server works. If I save a message as a draft and were to
come back and edit the draft is there a means by which I can revert
to the original draft?

Only if you saved the modified draft under a different name.

If I permanently delete a draft from my
mailbox is there a means of recovering the same?

In an Exchange environment, the Recover Deleted Items facility should work.

I have heard from
the technical guys in the office that if you were to delete a mail
from your mailbox the mail administrator could still retrieve it for
you; does this apply to drafts also?

It applies to any Outlook item, if you keep it in Outlook (the Drafts
folder). If you keep it in the Windows File System, Outlook (and Exchange)
have nothing to do with it; your file system backup scheme would have
control.

 

[markiv]

Brian, thanks a ton for your replies but the replies raised some new
questions. You said that i could revert to previous version of the draft only
if i had saved the changes under a different name, does this mean that the
original draft version is overwritten, will the server not have a copy of
each of the drafts i save.

You said that i could recover a permanently deleted item if "In an Exchange
environment, the Recover Deleted Items facility should work." what do you
mean by an exchange environment and can i also recover the items or do i need
the help of the server administrator. Also when does the item become
absolutely unrecoverable in this environment

you have also said that a if a mail or draft is deleted it can be recoverd
if it is in the windows file system, what does that mean and how can the
exchange server have no role in it.

thanks again for your response

 

[Brian Tillman]

Brian, thanks a ton for your replies but the replies raised some new
questions. You said that i could revert to previous version of the
draft only if i had saved the changes under a different name, does
this mean that the original draft version is overwritten, will the
server not have a copy of each of the drafts i save.

The server will retain a copy of previous drafts only if they have different
names. WIndows does not have a repliable versioning system. While it's
true that it can create files with (1), (2), etc. following the file name
fro Windows file system objects, it often overwrites as well, depending on
how the object is saved. Within Exchange, there definitely isn't any
versioning as far as I can tell.

You said that i could recover a permanently deleted item if "In an
Exchange environment, the Recover Deleted Items facility should
work." what do you mean by an exchange environment

You're the one who said you're using an Exchange account. Are you saying
you don't know what Exchange is now?

and can i also
recover the items or do i need the help of the server administrator.
Also when does the item become absolutely unrecoverable in this
environment

If you delete an item in Outlook using an Exchange account and then empty
the Deleted Items folder, the Exchange server has a deleted items retention
feature. If you open the Deleted Items folder, you can then click
Tools>Recover Deleted Items and see those items that were removed from the
Deleted Items folder, provided the Exchange admin has enabled that feature.
The retention policy is defined as the admin wants it and s/he can increase
or decrease the length of time items are recoverable via this feature.

you have also said that a if a mail or draft is deleted it can be
recoverd if it is in the windows file system,

I didn't say that. I said that the WIndows file system backup scheme
controls what may or may not be recoverable if you save your draft as an OFT
file (a file system object)

what does that mean and
how can the exchange server have no role in it.

Exchange has no role because an OFT file isn't store on the Exchange server,
it's store in a Windows folder.

 

[Brian Tillman]

WIndows does not have a repliable versioning system.

That should read "reliable".

 

[markiv]

thanks for your replies once again but i think the exchange server 2007 does
not give the facility to recover deleted items to the users but does it give
the same to the administrators or not is my last question (i know this has
been given in sp1 to the users and administrators)

 

[Brian Tillman]

thanks for your replies once again but i think the exchange server
2007 does not give the facility to recover deleted items to the users

It certainly does where I work.