Recovering Deleted Folder

[Gordon]

So here's the scenario

* Entourage connected to Exchange server through OWA
* Everything is synchronised

1. user logs into OWA through the browser and deletes a folder
2. user realises this was a mistake
3. entourage has already synch'd and the folder is deleted from
entourage
4. the data is clearly still in the entourage db (it was a large
folder and the db size is the same as it was before)
5. there is no backup

The question is, is there any tool or any way to undelete the folder
from the archive and restore the folder? or even extract the data
into another format?

Note that there is no more access to the exchange server or the help
of the admin of the exchange server.

The user is running Entourage 2008 on Leopard.

 

[karri]

The question is, is there any tool or any way to undelete the folder
from the archive and restore the folder?  or even extract the data
into another format?

First method to recover deleted items on an Exchange server is by
taking advantage of the so called deleted items retention
functionality.

Depending on Exchange server settings, deleted items are still stored
on Exchange server's database for a specified time (default 14 days or
so) after the user initiated delete action. These items can be
recovered through Outlook or OWA. OWA interface for deleted items
recovery is somewhat more limited, especially if you are trying to
recover a deleted folder.

http://www.petri.co.il/using_outlook_2003_to_recover_deleted_items.htm

Recovering items from Entourage's database is tricky at best and not
necessarily even possible if it's cached Exchange mailbox data.