How to Retrieve a message by EntryID

[f_jansen]

We have a couple of systems that need a permanent link to a message in Exchange.  At the moment the link is created, only the message folder and EntryID is known.   Once the message has been archived in Vault (2 month delay in our case), the link is of course broken.

Is there a standard way to retrieve a message from vault based on the original EntryID, or what would be the best way to do something like this?

[JesusWept3]

i don't entirely follow you but regardless, you could either go to

http://yourVaultServer/EnterpriseVault/Search.asp?advanced
Then in the Other field at the bottom, under attribute put "SSID" and then in the value give it the full savesetID

OR you could do

http://yourVaultServer/EnterpriseVault/download.asp?VaultID=[archiveID]&SaveSetID=[savesetID]&Format=MSG

[f_jansen]

Thanks for the reply. I will try to explain a bit better:
When a message comes in to a public folder, it can be linked to a certain project.  The linking process just writes the message EntryID to a table, and the external program can then open the message for the user directly at a later point by using the outlook:// protocol (see: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/outlookprotocol.asp   )

Our Vault is set up with a retention period of 3 months, so all public folder messages get archived once they are older than 3 months and the VaultID and SaveSetID are only assigned at this point.   I was hoping there would be similar method as the one rightly mentioned by JesusWept2 above, but utilising the original EntryID from Exchange server instead.