Well, if you did a shift+delete and you did not have the DumpsterAlwaysOn registry key installed then you cannot recover it: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF022.html Have you tried Message Recall in Outlook (even though it is pretty useless)? Mark Fugatt MCT, MCSE, Microsoft Exchange MVP Pentech Office Solutions Inc Tel: 585 586 3890 Cell: 585 576 4750 Fax: 585 249 0316 www.4mcts.com www.exchangetrainer.com -----Original Message----- From: PKarumbaiah@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:PKarumbaiah@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 2:29 AM To: [ExchangeList] http://www.MSExchange.org/ how do i recover a mail that i have shift deleted. and how do i recall a mail sent to a user. I have tried few things but to no vail. regards, Ponnappa Tel : 22546000-2119 VoIP:2120 ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: mark@xxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')