Yes it's possible. Go back and get your tape backup and restore the emails from the tape. From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marvin Cummings Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:01 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues; exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Recover email deleted by Email retention... Is it possible to recover email that's been deleted by an email retension policy? thanks