> First thing to try before you do anything else is
> check in the Exchange System Manager and see if the
> users mailbox is still listed within Servers,
> server name>, First Storage Group, Mailbox Store,
> Mailboxes.
>
> By default Exchange will keep hold of deleted
> mailboxes for a period of time (30 days I think)
> before actually purging them, so unless that has been
> turned off by someone the mail account should still
> be accessible through there.
>
> It's been a while since I last did it, but I think if
> you re-create the users account first, then go into
> Exchange System Manager, right click the relevant
> mailbox and select Reconnect, you will be asked which
> account to associate the mailbox to, at which point
> you can choose your newly created account and finger
> crossed it'll work.
Thank you for your reply.
I did actually try this first. The old mailbox is still listed with a red cross in the icon, but it's in the list. I did exactly as you suggested, but in the "select a new user for this mailbox" window I cannot get it to find this user, or any other user for that matter. I typed in the user name and clicked "Check names", and I get this error:
"An Object (User or other object) with the following name cannot be found:"
...and the error message goes on but you get the idea.
I tried entering various other current user names, full names, etc, but all attempts result in the above error message.
When I type in Administrator and click check names, it finds "Administrator Templates" which I assume is not the actual Administrator user.
I have "User or other objects" selected as the type, and "Entire Directory" selected as the location.
I'm quite puzzled why this doesn't work. Any ideas?
