RE: Is it possible to recover recently deleted emails from an Outlook PST file?

From: Bojan Zdrnja (Bojan.Zdrnjaat_private)
Date: Mon Nov 18 2002 - 03:03:14 PST

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    I don't think this is correct.
If you just delete e-mail from a PST, it will remain in it (even if try to
permanently delete e-mail with shift+delete so you don't just move it to
Deleted Items folder).
However, it will be actually removed when Outlook does PST folder
compaction. I'm not sure how often Outlook does that process but you can do
it manually by right clicking on your PST folder in Outlook and then go to
Properties, Advance.

Best regards,

Bojan Zdrnja

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Burnette, Michael [mailto:MWB@rh-law.com]
> Sent: 14. studeni 2002 15:06
> To: Carlos Capmany
> Cc: forensicsat_private
> Subject: RE: Is it possible to recover recently deleted emails from an
> Outlook PST file?
> 
> 
> Yes, email is "tombstoned" in a PST.  Fill one up, delete it, and see
> how large the PST remains!
> 
> There are many tools that can rip deleted items from a PST but the
> process described in the June 2002 HTCIA newsletter is easy, free, and
> works better than any other in my experience.  Incidentally, I would
> suggest that anyone using a commercial tool to undelete email 
> from a PST
> check your tool with this method.
> 
> http://www.htcia.org/pdf_files/vol3iss2.PDF
> 
> 
> Michael Burnette
> Rogers & Hardin LLP
> Atlanta, GA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carlos Capmany [mailto:ccapmanyat_private]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 7:23 PM
> To: forensicsat_private
> Subject: Is it possible to recover recently deleted emails from an
> Outlook PST file?
> 
> 
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> Hi, 
> 
> Does anybody know whether Outlook does actually keep inside the PST
> file the contents of a deleted email, as long as it is not
> overwritten by a new one (ie, in the fashion of what happens with the
> contents of a deleted file in a FAT partition)?
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Carlos
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