How to open Exch mailbox without AD user

[maya14]

How can i open old Exchange mailboxes if there's no AD user account associated with the mailbox?

 

[Davetoo]

Grant another user rights to that mailbox and open it up in the existing users Outlook.

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[Ceez]

I am assuming that the mailbox still exists in exchange, if so, look for exmerge, you should be able to pull the mailbox as a pst and open it via outlook.

or what Davetoo said will probably be way easier and faster.

 

[58sniper]

The mailbox needs to be associated with an account. Create a temp account, associate the mailbox with the account, and you can view it, exmerge it, etc.

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[maya14]

Company i work for delete user profile when employee leave but keep the mailboxes.
58sniper suggestion makes sense, but when i create new user it prompts for creation of new mailbox. Cant browse for existing mailbox.
I want to associate my username with those mailboxes as i'm the only one allowed to access their email.How do i do this?

 

[NortonES2]

After you have created the temp account suggested above, start exchange system manager, select the mailbox and then reconnect it to this temp account.

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[maya14]

Reconnect & Purge functions are greyed out. Does this mean that the mailbox is still associated with a user?

 

[NortonES2]

Run the Clean Up Agent against the mailbox store then try the reconnect again.

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