About the only thing I can think of other than using Extended MAPI is that
the latest version of Redemption seems to have a new
MAPIUtils.GetItemFromIDEx method that can read directly from the mailbox and
bypass the cache. That might work.

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Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
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