It is not wrong to say that the offline folder file (.ost) is like the mirror image of Exchange Server mailbox. It makes possible for the users to work offline in situations, when the connection to Exchange Server is not available and the changes made by the users to this OST file get synchronized with Exchange server later, when the network is available. The ability of working offline is useful for those environments, which has less or limited network connectivity.
The OST file is related to the profile of Outlook and Exchange Server, with which, it was created originally. But, when the OST file becomes unusable, it brings up, many problematic situations and one of these problematic situations is that the data if Outlook becomes inaccessible then, to access the database of Outlook again, you get the requirement of making the OST file usable or you need to perform
Exchange OST Mailbox to Outlook Software.
Sometimes, after completing the synchronization of your mailbox, when you change the name of your Microsoft Outlook or Email Server and resynchronize your mailbox with Exchange Server then, you remain unsuccessful and nothing gets downloaded. In addition to it, you get this error message,
‘The file .ost cannot be accessed because it has been configured for use with a different mailbox’.
This error message occurs when you try to synchronize that OST mailbox, which is used by a different email server. But, this error message can be resolved easily with the below mentioned procedure:
Change the settings of email accounts to default (the original one) and then, copy the data of your mailbox to Outlook PST file. After copying the data of mailbox to PST file, you can make a new Outlook email profile with new settings and add the old data from the PST file into your mailbox then, synchronize. In case if you fail to access the OST database by all the above mentioned procedure then, you can use a third party tool to perform
Exchange Outlook OST to PST Converter. There are many ordinary third party tools to perform OST to PST conversion but, if you want to try easy tool for OST to PST conversion then, OST Recovery software is the one for you. You can try easy tool for OST to PST conversion, which is OST Recovery software, in all the complicated situations whether it is corruption, damage or any other situation.
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