Recover mail using OST file

I had to rebuild a SBS 2008 server and now it's back online and ready to
restore all Windows profiles on the clients. All the clients have Outlook
and their OST files. What's the best way to get mail back on Exchange? I
re-joined one desktop so far to the domain but when I brought up Outlook, it
tells me I don't have permission to access the folder.

Thanks for your help.

This doesn't indicate that it applies to the later Outlook versions, but
give it a try. I'm pretty sure this is still the correct way to do it.

XCLN: Restoring from an OST after Deleting the Mailbox
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;163589


"Newbie" <> wrote in message
news:unBYY4%...
>I had to rebuild a SBS 2008 server and now it's back online and ready to
>restore all Windows profiles on the clients. All the clients have Outlook
>and their OST files. What's the best way to get mail back on Exchange? I
>re-joined one desktop so far to the domain but when I brought up Outlook,
>it tells me I don't have permission to access the folder.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>

You cannot disjoin from the old domain or join a different domain. The best
way I have found is to pull the network cable and then open outlook. If you
were in cached mode, it should simply open the OST file, which you then save
to a PST file.

--
Larry
Please post the resolution to your
issue so that others may benefit.


"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:OVvtyO$...
> This doesn't indicate that it applies to the later Outlook versions, but
> give it a try. I'm pretty sure this is still the correct way to do it.
>
> XCLN: Restoring from an OST after Deleting the Mailbox
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;163589
>
>
> "Newbie" <> wrote in message
> news:unBYY4%...
>>I had to rebuild a SBS 2008 server and now it's back online and ready to
>>restore all Windows profiles on the clients. All the clients have Outlook
>>and their OST files. What's the best way to get mail back on Exchange? I
>>re-joined one desktop so far to the domain but when I brought up Outlook,
>>it tells me I don't have permission to access the folder.
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>

Agreed.

If you have removed the PC from the domain or cannot otherwise open Outlook
in offline mode, about your only option is to purchase a 3rd party recovery
tool that can convert an OST file to a PST so you can import it. I've used
Nucleus Technologies' Kernel Recovery for OST previously with solid results:

http://www.nucleustechnologies.com/e...-recovery.html

--

Chad A. Gross
http://www.msmvps.com/blogs/cgross

"Larry Struckmeyer [SBS-MVP]" <> wrote in
message news:...
> You cannot disjoin from the old domain or join a different domain. The
> best way I have found is to pull the network cable and then open outlook.
> If you were in cached mode, it should simply open the OST file, which you
> then save to a PST file.
>
> --
> Larry
> Please post the resolution to your
> issue so that others may benefit.
>
>
> "Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <> wrote in
> message news:OVvtyO$...
>> This doesn't indicate that it applies to the later Outlook versions, but
>> give it a try. I'm pretty sure this is still the correct way to do it.
>>
>> XCLN: Restoring from an OST after Deleting the Mailbox
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;163589
>>
>>
>> "Newbie" <> wrote in message
>> news:unBYY4%...
>>>I had to rebuild a SBS 2008 server and now it's back online and ready to
>>>restore all Windows profiles on the clients. All the clients have
>>>Outlook and their OST files. What's the best way to get mail back on
>>>Exchange? I re-joined one desktop so far to the domain but when I
>>>brought up Outlook, it tells me I don't have permission to access the
>>>folder.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>
>

Might also want to experiment with this less costly utility, Recovery Toolbox for Outlook, which
saved my bacon a couple of years ago. See my blog for Nov 26, 2007

http://frankdenman.blogspot.com

Frank


On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:07:29 -0500, "Chad A. Gross" <> wrote:

>Agreed.
>
>If you have removed the PC from the domain or cannot otherwise open Outlook
>in offline mode, about your only option is to purchase a 3rd party recovery
>tool that can convert an OST file to a PST so you can import it. I've used
>Nucleus Technologies' Kernel Recovery for OST previously with solid results:
>
>http://www.nucleustechnologies.com/e...-recovery.html
Frank Denman
Denman Systems

[Please delete the "x" from my email address]

Hello,

Thanks for your post and also thanks for others' suggestions.

If the contents of the mailbox are missing for any reason or have been lost, the messages may have to be restored from the OST. This involves adding personal folders (PSTs) to the profile, starting the client offline,
and manually moving messages from the OST to the PST then back to the mailbox.

For more information about restoring messages from an OST, click the following KB287497 article:

287497 How to use the Inbox Repair Tools to recover e-mail messages in Outlook 2002, Outlook 2003, and Outlook 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287497/en-us

Note, this article helps you use the Inbox Repair Tool (Scanpst.exe) to recover folders and items from a corrupted Personal Folders (.pst) file or offline folder (.ost) file in Microsoft Outlook 2002, Outlook 2003, and
Outlook 2007. The examples in the sections show how to use the Inbox Repair Tool on a .pst file. However, you can use the same procedures for an offline folder (.ost) file.

More information:

163589 Restoring from an OST after deleting the mailbox
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163589/en-us

Hope this helps.


Best regards,
Robbin Meng(MSFT)
Microsoft Online Newsgroup Support

As per my opinion you should convert OST to PST to access with Outlook.

www.outlookost.com

You have to convert Outlook .ost file into .pst file to access its components. In a related situation i used Stellar Phoenix Convert OST PST software, the tool works efficiently for me. In addition it also converts all my encrypted ost files to pst files

Yes u can recover ost mail with the help of SysTools OST Recovery Tool

OST to PST Conversion Tool | OST to PST for Dummies - OST to PST Converter

Download software fix ost mail with mouse small clicks : - http://www.mydls.org/systools-ost-recovery.exe

To recover ost file and access it outside of the original profile that create it, .ost file should be converted in to pst file. To perform the conversion you can use third party convert ost to pst tool, that are very efficient and easy to use with Outlook resembling GUI>