How to retrieve mail from *.ost file?

[AstroGuardian]

Anyone has an idea? I have the *.ost file available. However the Exchange server does not exist or the Domain Controller. I have a workstation PC with a working domain profile and the OST file. I log into windows with the domain user profile.

So can i extract mail from this situation?

Thanks,

 

[Markbnj]

Probably not. It's likely that only the headers are local, and the mail bodies are downloaded from the Exchange server on demand.

 

[AstroGuardian]

No, the mail bodies are local also. I have heard about software which converts OST to PST. But can't remember about any of those...

 

[BAMAVOO]

going to this Stellar Phoenix website and giving their demo a shot. I hear people have used the demo to do what you are asking.

 

[jonmcc33]

The .OST file is the Outlook cached Exchange file. It's a giant pile of crap and creates more problems then it supposedly fixes. No, you cannot "open" it from Outlook at all. It's quite worthless. What you wanted was a .PST file.

 

[SunnyD]

Google shows a whole page of OST to PST converters, some free some not.

 

[redbeard1]

I have seen this situation before. In some cases you can run Outlook on the computer, put up with some error messages and long delays, and then export everything to a backup .pst. It works most of the time.