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Ost files are only created when you have cached mode enabled in outlook and connect to an exchange server. They have nothing at all to do with gmail.
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Ost files are only created when you have cached mode enabled in outlook and connect to an exchange server. They have nothing at all to do with gmail.

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Is it possible to password protect an Outlook 2013 .OST file for a Gmail account that is configured using IMAP?<br />
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If so please provide me with the steps on how to do this.
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Is it possible to password protect an Outlook 2013 .OST file for a Gmail account that is configured using IMAP?

If so please provide me with the steps on how to do this.

Password protect Outlook 2013 .OST file

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Outlook

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Email Clients

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Microsoft Office

An email client, email reader or more formally mail user agent (MUA) is a computer program used to access and manage a user's email. A web application that provides message management, composition, and reception functions is sometimes also considered an email client, but more commonly referred to as webmail.