Quick hand with outlook plz!

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OK so I myself have never used outlook but have my brother on the phone panicking about a fresh windows install. Lemme break it down for yah.
Remote email account for a business, its own inbox etc.
Local outlook linked to it.
Fresh install of windows and outlook, but no emails are on the remote webmail folder from before the reinstall. I am assuming from this that the emails arent stored on that server when linked to outlook.
Now because its a fresh outlook install (the old and new are both 2007) none of the emails are on it. We're both hoping and praying that the emails are saved locally in mydocs or somewhere similar as those folders are still around form the last windows install.

Is anyone familiar with how outlook works? Are these emails stored somewhere and recoverable with the fresh install? Any help much appreciated!
 
search the user profile folder for .pst files. i think it should be in there somwhere. you can then add it as a data file within outlook.

for future use, try and configure the mail using IMAP instead of pop3 (assuming the provider supports it). all mail remains on the server so it won't matter what happens to the local machine.
 
search the user profile folder for .pst files. i think it should be in there somwhere. you can then add it as a data file within outlook.

for future use, try and configure the mail using IMAP instead of pop3 (assuming the provider supports it). all mail remains on the server so it won't matter what happens to the local machine.

Ah much appreciated, will tell him to try that out!

Quick Q while I have the spotlight lol, what are the benefits of outlook? Atm I just use windows live messenger, and it tells me instantly when I have new hotmail emails and one click I'm there. As for my gmail, my phone instant updates me!
 
the real benefit to outlook is when it's connected to a proper microsoft exchange server.

and like other mail clients, it's handy if you want to access multiple accounts at once without forwarding them all to a single account.
 
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