The allocated space within the EDB file is marked available for overwrite, just as when you delete a file off a hard drive. So yes, the data is still there but all pointers to it have been removed. Given the dynamic nature of Exchange's database technology it'll probably be overwritten fairly quickly.
To answer your next question, no, there is no "delete it and wipe the space clean" option. Only way to do that is to a) wait for nightly maintenance (which does online defrag) or b) do an offline defrag ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 2:57 PM Subject: If I delete an email is it really gone? > Exchange 5.5 SP4, 10 Exchange servers, 1 site > Outlook 2000 clients > > I was tasked with the following and need some help finding the answers. > > I need to be assured that when an item is deleted from a mailbox, it is > really gone. We currently have the dumpster feature enabled which I plan to > disable. My question is, if a mail item is deleted and the dumpster is > turned off, is the item really unrecoverable? If it is recoverable, how can > I change our configuration so that it is unrecoverable? Is that even > possible? Could someone reconstruct that data in any way even though it has > been deleted? > > On a side note, I know that backups play into this and that will be > addressed later. > > > Thanks everyone.... > > Jeff > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
