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Hello,<br />
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we have a contact that moved to a new email platform (365) from another 365 platform (godaddy). &nbsp;The person doing the migration exported all mail in outlook to a PST file and then imported into the new 365 account as there was no way to sync between godaddy and the new 365 platform. &nbsp;<br />
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the problem is that outlook was set to only cache 12 months worth of email so only the last 12 months was exported to PST.<br />
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My question - is the email that is older than 12 months actually deleted from the OST file or is it just flagged not to show? &nbsp;Is there a way to access the ost file to recover anything older than the 12 months or do messages older than 12 months automatically get cleared from the local OST file?
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Hello,

we have a contact that moved to a new email platform (365) from another 365 platform (godaddy).  The person doing the migration exported all mail in outlook to a PST file and then imported into the new 365 account as there was no way to sync between godaddy and the new 365 platform.  

the problem is that outlook was set to only cache 12 months worth of email so only the last 12 months was exported to PST.

My question - is the email that is older than 12 months actually deleted from the OST file or is it just flagged not to show?  Is there a way to access the ost file to recover anything older than the 12 months or do messages older than 12 months automatically get cleared from the local OST file?

Restoring old email from OST File older than 12 months

An email client, email reader or more formally mail user agent (MUA) is a computer program in the category of groupware environments used to access and manage a user's email. A web application that provides message management, composition, and reception functions may internally act as an email client; as a whole, it is commonly referred to as webmail. Likewise, email client may be referred to a piece of computer hardware or software whose primary or most visible role is to work as an email client. Email clients can also have other systems, like calendars, notes and contact managers.

Email Clients

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.