Hi, We've started using archives within our Exchange 2010 environment with retention policies but what I'm wondering is there a way to disable users from deleting mail from archive so all mail is kept for auditing purposes? Thanks

Agree with Sukh. You cannot prevent users from deleting items in their primary mailbox or archive one, however, you can preserve the deleted items instead. For more information, please see: Single Item Recovery in Exchange Server 2010 http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2009/09/25/3408389.aspx Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Subscriber Support, contact tnmff@microsoft.com.Frank Wang TechNet Community Support

Thanks for you input both, think I'll go with litigation hold or journalling.