Outlook email accessed from a PC: where are the emails stored?

Calahonda52 · 14-09-2019 09:06AM #1

I use a company laptop for work from home and I use Outlook Mail from the PC.

Question: are there copies of the emails stored on a server somewhere or is it all local.

I know it periodically archives the stuff locally: how can I find those files?

Thanks as always

Atlantic Dawn · 14-09-2019 09:12AM

Recent mails for last month or so likely local, others on the network/cloud, depends on settings.

Disconnect from the network with Outlook open and you will see what is local.

Calahonda52 · 14-09-2019 10:03AM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Recent mails for last month or so likely local, others on the network/cloud, depends on settings.

Disconnect from the network with Outlook open and you will see what is local.

Thanks so If I delete on the laptop will the network/cloud be updated to reflect the deletion?

smuggler.ie · 14-09-2019 01:00PM

Calahonda52 wrote: »

Thanks so If I delete on the laptop will the network/cloud be updated to reflect the deletion?

Are you trying to restore accidentally deleted archive/message

or "hide" something?

If archiving was set up on O365/local Exchange by admin its recoverable(retention policy's apply). Consult with O365 admin.

If archiving was set up on Outlook locally(oh NO!) it goes to .pst file and once deleted/corrupt, its gone, unless you have backup.

Calahonda52 · 14-09-2019 05:26PM

smuggler.ie wrote: »

Are you trying to restore accidentally deleted archive/message or "hide" something?

If archiving was set up on O365/local Exchange by admin its recoverable(retention policy's apply). Consult with O365 admin.

If archiving was set up on Outlook locally(oh NO!) it goes to .pst file and once deleted/corrupt, its gone, unless you have backup.

Thanks, IIRc is archived locally I recall seeing a PST file somewhere on the C: drive

MarkR · 14-09-2019 05:27PM

If you go to file and account settings, you can see the location of the pst file.

smuggler.ie · 14-09-2019 06:03PM

C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

Calahonda52 · 15-09-2019 11:18AM

Thanks, found them by looking for .pst files, the directory setup is a bit different.

Outlook email accessed from a PC: where are the emails stored?

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