Auto Archived emails lost

[techie_goth_admin]

My boss has auto archiving set up on his laptop. He recently went into
the archive folders to pull out some data that was there a week prior
and discovered all of the folders were there but no emails remained.

We are using Outlook 2003 and recently switched our email from one
server to another.

Could we have lost the actual emails in the move?

Is there anyway to recover them?

Any insight appreciated.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Unless you kept your .pst files on a server, they are local and should not
disappear irrespective of what server moves happened.

Ensure that the archive.pst file is the only one. If yes, then enable your
advanced toolbar and ensure the view dropdown is set to messages, and not
something else, like unread messages.


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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.


After furious head scratching, techie_goth_admin asked:

| My boss has auto archiving set up on his laptop. He recently went
| into the archive folders to pull out some data that was there a week
| prior and discovered all of the folders were there but no emails
| remained.
|
| We are using Outlook 2003 and recently switched our email from one
| server to another.
|
| Could we have lost the actual emails in the move?
|
| Is there anyway to recover them?
|
| Any insight appreciated.