Unable to soft delete some messages after installing Exchange 2010 SP2 RU6 or SP3

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Symptoms

You may experience the following symptoms with either Outlook in Online mode or Outlook Web App (OWA), when the mailbox is located on a server where Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 RU6 or Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3 has been installed:
  1. Unable to soft delete messages that contain voice mail attachments.
  2. Unable to soft delete messages sent from FAX server, printer or scanner which have attachments (such as .PDF).

Note: This issue does not happen with messages sent by a user instead of an application, or plain messages without attachments.

Cause

This issue can occur after Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 RU6 or Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3 is installed.

Workaround

Workaround 1: Hard delete the message instead of soft deleting.

To hard delete email using Microsoft Outlook, select the message and then press SHIFT+DELETE to delete it.

Workaround 2: Use cached mode for Outlook.

When using the cached mode of Outlook, the message can be soft deleted.

Configure Cached Exchange Mode in Outlook 2010
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179175(v=Office.14).aspx

More information


For Exchange 2003-2007 see:
How can I recover items that I have "hard deleted" in Outlook?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/246153


For Exchange 2010:
Understanding Recoverable Items: Exchange 2010 Help
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee364755(v=exchg.141).aspx




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Article ID: 2822208 - Last Review: April 17, 2013 - Revision: 15.0
Applies to
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3
  • Microsoft Exchange Online
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