How Can I Open OST File Without Exchange Server

Outlook is one of the most popular desktop email application used for business as well as home-based purpose. Moreover, the users can utilize it for sending the email messages, to create tasks, to set up calendar events, and other data items. Moreover, it can keep a copy of mailbox database on the Exchange server and save it to a local file. While working offline, the users can do everything with offline files and folders if the mailbox available on a server. Suppose, the users try to send any message in offline Outbox, then, he can receive a new message from other online mailboxes, and also make some changes to the emails as he wants. Although, all these modifications will not reflect mailbox on Exchange until the user connects to a network again and synchronization of offline folders with a server. Therefore, in the following section, we are going to discuss a suitable approach which will solve the query "how to open .ost file without Exchange Server". Consider the following query through which the users can understand the motive more clearly:

"I have recently received some OST files from one of my important clients. Now, I need to open these OST files in Outlook, but I do not have an Exchange on my local machine. So, I tried to open .ost file without connecting Exchange Server. At that moment, I realized that it is impossible. This is the only reason, I am looking for any method that helped me to acces all my OST files independently if it is possible.”

Can I Open an Offline OST File in Outlook?

No, offline folder file (.ost) created in Microsoft Outlook when users are connected with the Exchange Server or with Cached Exchange mode. These OST data files are accessible if an Outlook mail profile to be configured and the users are connected to Exchange server. In case, once the connection breaks down or to create archives or backup of an OST file and transfer to some other storage device then, OST files will get orphaned and Outlook can not recognize the file structure accurately.

In addition, the Exchange Server and Microsoft Outlook creates an OST file when a user manually configures the Hotmail account in Outlook and also configure the Gmail account via IMAP in MS Outlook application. In both cases, Outlook will create the OST files but once the account is updated or deleted then, it gets inaccessible and users will start to notice that how to open OST file without an Exchange Server. Therefore, in the upcoming section, we are going to discuss a relevant way to open or repair inaccessible OST files.

OST Extractor to Open OST File without Exchange Server

If users want to open the OST files and view emails then this approach will help to do the same. OST extractor is designed in such a way that it open, view, and extract all data items from OST mailbox independently. Even it provides facility to migrate selective emails and store them in the .ost format. Also, it helps to view these files in two different modes i.e. vertical and horizontal view. Moreover, OST to PST conversion can be performed with or without any supporting environment.

Now, to determine the following steps to read OST file using OST Extractor. Let us follow all of them:

• First, Click the Browse button followed by Add File to search and choose the OST data to be converted to PST format
• Now, preview all contents of Offline OST mailbox on the software panel
• After that, click on the Export or right-click on the selective items by selecting Export option. where to export choose Export. Next, opt PST as the destination path to convert OST data items
• Choose the specific path to export and save Outlook PST and click the export option to begin the entire process. Then, Open the PST file

Wrapping It Up

Considering the ongoing necessity to access OST files without Exchange, we have described a reliable procedure i.e OST Extractor to let the users understand how to open & convert OST data to PST format. Along with this, we have already discussed the most important features of this software. With this application, a user can easily and quickly perform the migration procedure independently without any data loss.