Question : Is there a way to prevent permanent deletion of email by a user within Exchange 2007 or Outlook 2003?

Is there a way to prevent a user from permanently deleting emails either through the user's Outlook 2003 client or within Exchange 2007?

Answer : Is there a way to prevent permanent deletion of email by a user within Exchange 2007 or Outlook 2003?

I am not aware of how to prevent users from deleting mail in their own mailbox. However, I have another idea. You can set up journaling on your exchange server.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;261173
Hope this helps...