I'm asking this question because I got curious about an email I'm sending from the office with Outlook
using the Delay delivery
option. When I searched for that mail at home to modify it on Outlook
, I couldn't find it.
Are emails stuck inside the Outbox
folder (as is the case of a Delay delivery
email) local to the machine where they were sent? and if possible where are these mail stored physically (path
to a file)?
Besides, if these emails are stored locally, does it mean that Outlook
in this case is using POP
protocol instead of IMAP
(where emails would be synchronized from a remote server)?
Best Answer
You're right. For IMAP accounts Outlook stores Outbox locally in .OST cache file. You can find the path to this file in Outlook account options (Data Files tab).