From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: June 2, 2005
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: Outlook 'dumpster'?
>
> Leo,
> Microsoft Outlook has a "dumpster" which requires a "deleted
> item retention period." Basically, when a user deletes an
> email, it is first "soft-deleted" or placed in the users
> "Deleted Items" folder. Once a specified time period has
> passed, the items in the Deleted Items folder are made
> invisible to the user, and put into a dumpster. This
> dumpster is configured with a "deleted items retention
> period" so that with some work, the user can still retrieve
> these emails unless the retention period has come up, in
> which case, they are finally expunged from the exchange
> server. My question is: Where in the system is this deleted
> items retention period stored? And can it be programatically
> accessed?
I've used Outlook for years and years, and have never heard of
this "dumpster" that you're speaking of. I might guess that it's
a product of a third-party add-on, but that's just a guess.
Regardless, never having seen it, I have no idea where the
retention period would be stored.
Sorry.
Thanks for asking!
Leo