mr_malkovich
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Hi there. Running Outlook 2016/365 on Win7.
Search was erratic so I uninstalled and reinstalled Outlook yesterday. Search working now. Was about to add my four additional POP emails to Outlook but aborted when POP and IMAP Account Settings asked me if I'd like to deliver new messages to a New Outlook Data File or Existing Outlook Data File. When clicking on Existing Outlook Data File I was taken to my Outlook Files folder, which shows something like 20 PSTs. I could very well be wrong, but I feel like maybe it was all these PSTs that was confusing my Outlook and stymying Search. If that's the case, I sure don't want to create more PSTs and get me into the same problem.
So my questions are:
- Could it be the high number of PSTs on my machine that was confusing Search?
- How do I know which PST is my main PST? I'm assuming it would be the one named after my Office 365 email, but I also see a PST named Outlook Data File.
- What are the pros and cons of delivering messages from other accounts to an existing Outlook Data File?
- How can I tell which of these PSTs are safe to delete? Or should I just leave them alone?
Thanks in advance.
Search was erratic so I uninstalled and reinstalled Outlook yesterday. Search working now. Was about to add my four additional POP emails to Outlook but aborted when POP and IMAP Account Settings asked me if I'd like to deliver new messages to a New Outlook Data File or Existing Outlook Data File. When clicking on Existing Outlook Data File I was taken to my Outlook Files folder, which shows something like 20 PSTs. I could very well be wrong, but I feel like maybe it was all these PSTs that was confusing my Outlook and stymying Search. If that's the case, I sure don't want to create more PSTs and get me into the same problem.
So my questions are:
- Could it be the high number of PSTs on my machine that was confusing Search?
- How do I know which PST is my main PST? I'm assuming it would be the one named after my Office 365 email, but I also see a PST named Outlook Data File.
- What are the pros and cons of delivering messages from other accounts to an existing Outlook Data File?
- How can I tell which of these PSTs are safe to delete? Or should I just leave them alone?
Thanks in advance.
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