Re: Inbox Problems with IMAP in Outlook

From: Diane Poremsky [MVP] (info_at_cdolive.com)
Date: 05/31/04

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    IMAP is a local copy of the mailbox - if the message is deleted from the
    server, it;s deleted from the local copy. If it moves to the deleted folder
    you can recover.

    Messages are not cached anywhere else on the computer, unless for some
    reason a new pst was created and they are in the old one. It's rare but it
    does happen... look for pst's at C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local
    Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook.

    Rules and such won't work on IMAP accounts unless the full message is
    downloaded - you can drag the messages to a local pst and remove them from
    the server or use rules programs like Exlife (www.ornic.com) and run them
    offline to move messages every couple of days or write some VBA. See a list
    of possible tools at http://www.slipstick.com/addins/auto.htm 

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"William" <brit@camelopardalis.org> wrote in message 
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> brit@camelopardalis NOSPAM dot org (William) wrote in message
>
> Anyone have any suggestions at all?  Please?  Help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brit
>
> news:<83e3b0cc.0405261316.6dda2cdd@posting.google.com>...
>> I have a client who is switching over from AOL to a POP3 account.  In
>> the interem, I set him up with Outlook, and an IMAP mailbox.  I fear I
>> was a bit cocksure about the whole thing, and simply assumed Outlook
>> 2000 would store a local copy of received messages.
>>
>> Unfortunately, it appears that it doesn't, and his AOL account was set
>> to purge old emails after 14 days.
>>
>> I have two questions for everyone:
>>
>> 1) Is it possible to retrieve old received messages from a cache
>> somewhere on the computer (he's running Windows 2000).
>>
>> 2) Is it possible to automate the local storage of IMAP messages in
>> Outlook 2000?
>>
>> Thanks in Advance,
>>
>> William
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