I don't think Kevin's offering is a stupid trick, and it probably costs
less than Exchange Recovery  :-)

Neil Hobson

Silversands
http://www.silversands.co.uk
Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
For Enterprise Systems
For Collaborative Solutions

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Posted At: 14 March 2002 14:35
Posted To: Sunbelt Exchange List
Conversation: Evil OST files.
Subject: RE: Evil OST files.


Everyone is going to throw some stupid tricks at you, but in the end,
you will find you cannot manipulate and OST file. Too much security. You
will need to check this out http://www.officerecovery.com/exchange/

-----Original Message-----
From: McCready, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 6:23 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Evil OST files.


I have an user who lost some calendar information.  He was using an OST
file. I've tried recovering that OST file from the Friday backup tape,
to see if I could find his data.  However, I can't open the darn thing.
When I try to open the file off-line, I either get the message

Unable to open your default e-mail folders.  The Exchange Server has
detected that you are using an old copy of your OST file.  Please delete
your OST file and create a new one from the server.

OR

Unable to open your default e-mail folders.  The information store could
not be opened.

I have tried deleting the old OST and putting this one in it's place,
and granted the user full control over the file, no luck.  Is there any
way to read what is in this evil old OST file?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Exchange 5.5 SP4, Outlook 98.  NT 4.0 SP6a.

Robert

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