Monday, February 15, 2010

Emails lost post synchronization between Blackberry and MS Outlook

In most cases, a Blackberry owner receives lots of e-mails in a single day. These emails can be synchronized with your Microsoft Outlook, so that the user can easily access the e-mails, in case the user is not physically present at his/her home. You can also synchronize your tasks, calendars, and contacts by using the 'Desktop Manager' option in your Blackberry. While synchronization provides a user with various benefits, it can also result in deletion of e-mails (saved in Inbox). In such cases, an easy way to access your e-mail(s) is by restoring them from an updated backup. However, if in case the email(s) backup is not being creates or backup falls short to restore the required e-mail(s), then you will need to use advanced third-party Deleted mail Recovery software.

To illustrate the above case, consider two scenarios where you have synchronized your Blackberry Curve 8300 with Outlook 2003.
1)When you delete an e-mail from your Blackberry Curve 8300, the same e-mail also gets deleted from Outlook 2003.
2)When you erase an e-mail from Outlook 2003, the e-mail gets deleted from Blackberry Curve 8300.

Cause:

The root cause of e-mail deletion in both the above scenarios is when you delete any e-mail from a Blackberry, it automatically gets deleted from Outlook, and vice-versa.

Resolution:

All the data displayed in the Outlook components (e-mails, tasks, contacts, notes, calendar items, etc.) is saved in a PST file, which is saved on the client hard disk. If you have created a backup of this file, then you can easily restore your lost data. However, if the backup is not available, then you will need to opt for an advanced Deleted Email Recovery software.

These third-party recovery tools can Recover Deleted Email from Outlook. These read only utilities are readily available on the Internet, and are easy-to-install and easy-to-understand. With detailed user-manual, the recovery process can be carried out even by a novice user. These software are competent enough to recover e-mails after Shift+Delete operation and erasing data from Deleted Items folder.

Stellar Phoenix Deleted Email Recovery, a renowned recovery tool, ensures complete recovery of deleted emails from PST files created in Microsoft Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. The software can Recover Deleted Email of virtually any size and allows you to restore it in .pst, .msb, and .eml files. Supported by Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000, the tool also recovers e-mails from password protected files.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

How to Purge and Recover Outlook Emails


Microsoft Outlook caches all its data in a local PST file when using an IMAP account, just as in POP3 and other e-mail accounts. But when it comes to deleting e-mail messages, IMAP follows different set of rules. Unlike other protocols, IMAP account doesn't use 'Deleted Items' folder. The reason is that deletion works by marking the items for deletion, which you need to purge for permanent deletion in a specific folder. Since the Outlook e-mails are not deleted immediately, it allows for easy undelete. But if the item has been purged, there is no way to restore other than backup or using a Deleted Email Recovery utility. 
 
Microsoft Outlook lets you purge deleted items through an automated or a manual process. In automatic purge, the items are deleted as you switch to other folder. This happens only when you are online. The items deleted in offline state will be purged at next time you will be online.
You can setup Outlook for automatic purging using the below steps:
  1. Open the desired folder to be setup for automatic purge
  2. Click 'Edit' and then 'Purge'
  3. Click 'Purge Options'
  4. Check the 'Purge items when switching folders while offline' option
  5. Click 'OK'
After you configure Outlook for automatic purging, you lose a safety net against accidental deletion. As you delete an e-mail item and change the folder while online, the item will be purged and gone forever.
Consider an instance when you setup automatic purging and mark few e-mails for deletion without realizing their importance. You change the folder and later notices that those e-mails were important from various perspectives. You also fail to re-download them from IMAP server and find any of their copy.
Such situations are typical instances of data loss and inevitably call for a backup or use of an Email Recovery Software. The third-party Deleted Email Recovery utilities are designed for the specific purpose of un-deleting the e-mails lost from an Outlook PST. The easy to use email recovery utilities come with an interactive user interface and simple steps. Also, these applications are safe to use with read-only algorithms.

Deleted Email Recovery is an advanced recovery utility that is able to recovers permanently deleted e-mails for Microsoft Outlook PST. The Software supports MS Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. The software is equipped with various powerful features that make recovery easy and safe. The tool is compatibile with Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000.