Hi All,

I am just about to have a breakdown over this one.

Basically, its a long story of how I ended up here but, I need to be able to pull a mailbox (or individual mails) out of an Exchange edb file. The file is not attached to an instance of exchange, it has come from a backup.

I know there are lots of third party tools that can do it but they are massively expensive for what will be a one time use. I have seen talk online of using exchange recovery groups but when creating mine always errors.

If possible would someone be kind enough to either link to or explain in here a way I can do it. I am running Exch 2007 on server 03. I don't mind how it is done but I need to retrieve these emails asap.

Thanks all

1. You say this database came from backup however to use RSG you are going to need to have access to the production server this database was backed up from and then follow the instructions in the article here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997694%28v=exchg.80%29.aspx

2. Database portability may also help you and more about that here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123954%28v=exchg.80%29.aspx

3. If you are unable to use RSG or the database portability to gain access you will need to use a 3rd party tool such as Lucid8's DigiScope http://www.lucid8.com/product/digiscope.asp to open the database and export the desired content to PST.