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Just before switching to gmail as my mail server, I did an export of my mailbox. Now I need to access some old mails and open my outlook 2013 (I still like this version the most). When I open my old pst file, it's inbox is empty, and I now have a new folder with about 2000 items called Sync Issues and a subfolder for that one called "Local Failures (This Computer only)"

Any suggestions to how I can access my old mails?

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  • It should be as simple as adding the archive .PST file to your Outlook profile.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Jul 4, 2021 at 10:28
  • exactly Ramhound and I have done it plenty of times before with other pst files. But this time instead of showing all my old emails, it just list everything as sync issues.
    – Michael Nielsen
    Commented Jul 4, 2021 at 10:31
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    Was the old mail server running Exchange? This .PST had permanent copies of the emails from the old mail server? It's almost like you get the correct .PST file.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Jul 4, 2021 at 10:36
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    First, check the size of the PST - it should be a large size. Search for the program 'scanpst.exe' and run that on the file to repair the index
    – JohnnyVegas
    Commented Jul 4, 2021 at 11:21
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    @ramhound, no just a normal pop3 server. JohnnyVegas good suggestion, it found some minor issues but it didn't fix the problem. Jeff yes got a few even older pst files from the same server, they worked fine, and can't recover from mail server as it's been closed down.
    – Michael Nielsen
    Commented Jul 6, 2021 at 7:57

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