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From: Kathleen Orland on 4 Feb 2010 15:57 Have you considered that the user may have saved each email as a .msg file or even an .htm file? They could be stored anywhere on the computer. "Charlie" <Charlie(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D1D6CC7A-99D7-4C9D-AA05-7EB729EFEA6D(a)microsoft.com... > We are using Outlook 2007 with Exchange server. We have a user who has been > moving his emails off of the Exchange server to some folders he created or by > Auto Archive feature in Outlook 2007. He basically drag and drop the emails > from his Exchange server Inbox to his folders on the left side. The question > is, where are all of these folders full of emails located on the local > computer? At first I thought it must have been the Auto Archive feature that > kicks in every 14 days and created those folders for him to be able to drag > and drop, but when I check the following location the archive.pst file size > is very small. > > C:\Documents and Settings\%your username%\Local Settings\Application > Data\Microsoft\Outlook\ > > The total folders of emails must be about 1 to 2GB in file size. Where else > on the local machine could Outlook had put it? > > Any help is much appreciated.
From: News from OZ on 23 Feb 2010 19:34 If your using Exchange also look for .OST -- Dan Field (Reg Grad Surveyor) "Kathleen Orland" <korland(a)nospamrogers.com> wrote in message news:OK1TeydpKHA.4776(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Have you considered that the user may have saved each email as a .msg file > or even an .htm file? They could be stored anywhere on the computer. > > "Charlie" <Charlie(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:D1D6CC7A-99D7-4C9D-AA05-7EB729EFEA6D(a)microsoft.com... >> We are using Outlook 2007 with Exchange server. We have a user who has > been >> moving his emails off of the Exchange server to some folders he created >> or > by >> Auto Archive feature in Outlook 2007. He basically drag and drop the > emails >> from his Exchange server Inbox to his folders on the left side. The > question >> is, where are all of these folders full of emails located on the local >> computer? At first I thought it must have been the Auto Archive feature > that >> kicks in every 14 days and created those folders for him to be able to > drag >> and drop, but when I check the following location the archive.pst file > size >> is very small. >> >> C:\Documents and Settings\%your username%\Local Settings\Application >> Data\Microsoft\Outlook\ >> >> The total folders of emails must be about 1 to 2GB in file size. Where > else >> on the local machine could Outlook had put it? >> >> Any help is much appreciated. > >
From: Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] on 24 Feb 2010 08:32 "News from OZ" <dummy(a)dummy.com> wrote in message news:O7iztkOtKHA.4492(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > If your using Exchange also look for .OST No need. The OST is simply a reflection of what's in the Exchange mailbox and will be recreated to match when the account is created. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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