Where are emails stored?

N

Nathan

When I save emails in Outlook folders, are they stored in
the computer at all? If so, where would they be?
 
J

Jan Suralertrungsri [MSFT]

Hello,

It depends on what kind of e-mail account or service you are using with
Outlook.

For example, if you use Outlook with POP3/SMTP account, all your mail,
contacts, appointment, etc. are stored locally with Personal Folder (PST
file).

However, if you use Outlook with Exchange mail account, most likely your
mails are stored on the Exchange server database unless you change the
delivery location from mailbox to Personal Folder (PST file). With
Exchange mail account, even though you have mail delivery to your mailbox,
you can still backup your mail to Personal Folder (PST file) locally on
your machine.

195719 OL2000: (CW) How to Back Up, Restore, or Move Outlook Data
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=195719

196492 OL2000: (IMO) How to Back Up, Restore, or Move Outlook Data
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=196492

287070 OL2002: How to Back Up, Restore, or Move Outlook Data
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=287070

Jan Suralertrungsri (MSFT)
 

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