How to retrieve my old email messages after my domain name change.

[Guest]

My computer is under a domain. I store my outlook email messages in my local
computer. Our company switched the server. Now my computer is under the new
domain. I use the same user ID to log in to the new server as I did to the
old one. I thought I was going to get my emails back since my user id is not
changed. Unfortunatelly, I need to reset up my email account after I logged
into the new server and I don't see my old emails. I searched for .pst and
..ost file but the system found nothing. Have I lost them?

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

My computer is under a domain. I store my outlook email messages in my
local
computer. Our company switched the server. Now my computer is under the
new
domain. I use the same user ID to log in to the new server as I did to
the
old one. I thought I was going to get my emails back since my user id is
not
changed. Unfortunatelly, I need to reset up my email account after I
logged
into the new server and I don't see my old emails. I searched for .pst
and
.ost file but the system found nothing. Have I lost them?

What version of Outlook are you using? When you searched for .PST files
did you have your system set to search (and display) hidden files?

-Ben-

 

[Brian Tillman]

Office XP but Outlook is 2002. I don't think .pst file is hidden
file, what do you think.

PSTs normally reside in a hidden folder. You usually have to enable the
advanced search options for including hidden files and folders in order to
locate them.