Wow i am dealing with the exact problem this morning and the lady in question is in hysterics. she doesnt want to hear that all her emails may be gone forever. What i dont understand is why people consider their email software a document storage solution.
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Reinier Battenberg < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > In the rough, virus prone and someone-might-steal-your-precious-hardware > environment that we operate, usign IMAP instead of POP3 to read emails is > always a good idea. You can read you mail offline, but the server keeps a > copy. Also, the synchronisation protocal that IMAP uses, is much more > efficitent than that of POP3 (should you decide to leave your email on the > server with a POP3 account.) > > But biggest advantages: if your laptop crashes or is nicked, your email is > still there and you can use webmail & offline email reading on the same > account. > > rgds, > > Reinier Battenberg > Director > Mountbatten Ltd. > +256 782 801 749 > www.mountbatten.net > > Be a professional website builder: www.easysites.ug > > > On Thursday 23 July 2009 16:06:35 Stephen S. Musoke wrote: > > Dan, > > > > The bad news: > > > > 1. An Outlook pst larger than 1GB is recipie for corruption and errors > > > > 2. The Microsoft Scan PST deletes all emails with errors > > > > 3. I have not come across any PST recovery software, I have had 3 PST > > corruptions in the last 6 months > > > > Stephen > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Danny M [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 2:36 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [LUG] Outlook pst > > > > > > Hi guys, > > i have an issue with a microsoft outlook pst file thats about 3Gb in > size. > > For some reason i cant view emails for the past 4 months which were there > > before but they all vanished save for others for previous years.I have > > tried scanning the pst file microsoft office repair tool called scanpst > > with no results. > > Any ideas. > > Dan > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > > way. --------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > > way. --------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > >
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