As you've discovered...there effectively is. The OST is tied to the profile. If you've already deleted the Outlook profile then it won't open the OST. Even if you deleted the account from Exchange and AD as long as the Outlook profile is still there you can still start Outlook in offline mode and export the data from the OST to a PST file.
But once the Outlook profile is gone the OST is orphaned and Outlook won't open it. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer ______________________________________________ Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:54 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: ost to pst > > There's no SID checking to keep that from happening? > > Jeff Brown wrote: > > recreate the account, log in as that user, open outlook, export to .pst. > > > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Bill Humphries > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Hi guys, > > > > I'm assisting a client with email discovery. One of the users is > > no longer with the company and their account has been removed form > > AD and Exchange. Fortunately or unfortunately, I found a 800 meg > > OST file under that users profile on an old machine. Anything > > free or really inexpensive that you know of that would convert it > > to PST? > > > > It is a exchange/outlook 2003 OST. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Bill > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
