how do i restore deleted email with out exchange?

[Guest]

I deleted my inbox by mistake. Does anyone know how to restore it if you
don't have exchange?

 

[Guest]

If the mailbox was stored in a .PST, you may be out of luck. The first thing
to do is burn a copy of the .PST file to a CD. Next, I would use Google to
search for something like "email recovery service".

Good luck!

 

[Guest]

Thanks I'll see how that works. BTW what is a PST file.

 

[Guest]

Unless you are using an Exchange server (and sometimes even if you are),
Outlook stores all of your folders, including your "In box", in a files named
something.PST (the "something" is frequently "Outlook").

I don't know Outlook internals, so I don't know what it did to the .PST file
when you deleted your "In box". If you are very lucky, it just marked it
"deleted" and someone has written a program to "undelete" it for you (that's
why I suggested a Google search).

Before you attempt to recover anything, though, try searching your hard
drive for any filename ending in .PST, and burn a copy of them to a CD. There
is nothing more frustrating than having your recovery attempts screw up the
data, and later finding out you could have saved it.

Stupid question: did you look in your "Deleted items" folder for you "In box"?

 

[Guest]

Yes I looked at the deleted folder. I'll search hopefully there's a file!

 

[Guest]

Try: http://www.slipstick.com/problems/scanpst.htm

NOTE: I've never tried this.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/recover_deleted.htm

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[Brian Tillman]

I deleted my inbox by mistake. Does anyone know how to restore it if
you don't have exchange?

http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/restoredeleteditemsfromanoutlookpst.htm