How to Recover a Deleted Mailbox
If your mailbox has ever been accidentally deleted, then you know how frustrating this can be. You might think the email box is gone forever, but in reality, it is not that difficult to recover a deleted mailbox. Here you will learn how to recover a deleted mailbox from a Microsoft Exchange Server.
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Instructions
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Click on "Start." Select "All Programs" and "System Manager."
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Click on the plus sign to expand the Tools section.
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Right-click on "Mailbox Recovery Center" and select "Add Mailbox Store."
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Add the name of the mailbox store that has the deleted mailboxes and click "OK." The Mailbox Recovery Center will show a list of deleted mailboxes from that mailbox store. All the deleted mailboxes will have a red circle and red "X" drawn through them.
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Go to the "Details" panel and right-click on the email box that got deleted, then select "Find Match." This will automatically start the Exchange Mailbox Matching Wizard.
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Click on "Next" on the Exchange Mailbox Matching Wizard window. The wizard will start looking for the the user account that is attached to your email box. Once it has found your user account, it will display that it has found a match.
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Click on "Finish" once you are certain it has selected your user account. The Mailbox Recovery Center will now add your account.
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Go back to the Mailbox Recovery Center window and right-click on your mailbox and then click on "Reconnect." This will start the Exchange Mailbox Reconnect Wizard, which will relink your mailbox with your user account.
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Click on "Next" when the Exchange Mailbox Reconnect Wizard window appears.
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Click on "Next" when the Ready to Proceed window appears. This will complete the process of reconnecting your user account to your deleted mailbox.
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Tips & Warnings
Make sure you pick the correct deleted mailbox, otherwise you could wind up connecting your user account to the wrong deleted mailbox, causing further problems.
