![]() ![]() To use Cached Exchange Mode or to work offline, copies of your items are saved in an offline Outlook Data File (.ost). Microsoft Exchange Server accounts save your information on the mail server. Older versions of Windows drive:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Windows 10 drive:\Users\\Roaming\Local\Microsoft\Outlook Windows 10 drive:\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook pst file in one of the following locations: pst file depends on your version of Outlook, your version of Windows, and how you set up your account or created the. pst file from the old computer, then set up your email account on your new computer. If you need to set up Outlook on a new computer, copy your. pst file from one computer to another doesn't transfer your email account settings. You can move this file to a new computer and retain your information. If you have a POP or IMAP account, all of your information is already stored in a Personal Folders (.pst) file. Older versions of Windows drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\OutlookĮmail, calendar, contact, and task information for POP and IMAP accounts Windows 10 drive:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook You can find your send and receive settings file in one of the following locations. Now you can see which folders are subscribed and gives you the option to remove large folders from your subscription which will speed up the sync.Your send and receive settings include which accounts are checked at what frequency.Once you have done that, click the query button. Before you query the IMAP server, uncheck the box shown below, otherwise, it will only show the subscribed folder. ![]() Right-click on your email account and select IMAP folder.It might be a good idea to restart Outlook, this is optional but we find in many cases a quick restart after applying settings clears out some cobwebs. Click on Send/Receive > Send Receive Groups > Define Send/Receive Groups.Click done and close each box and then in the bottom toolbar you should see it "syncing".Go ahead and add INBOX to the settings as show below. Double click on the email account you want to change. Select your account, click on account settings and account settings again. This will show you the account settings. ![]() The instructions below are for Outlook 2010. If those fail, try step, 3, to remove large folders from your sync. However, if you are sure the above is not the case, then try the methods below (number 2 usually works for us).Ģ. So remember, if you have a lot of emails or/and a slow internet connection, sync may take a while. IMAP is a very, very cool, underrated technology, but one of the drawbacks is that its resource-intensive when you fire it up the first time. Your Outlook email client has to download all the emails, folders and contents to your local computer, so depending on your internet connection speed, especially if it's slow, syncing can take a while as the sync process is resource-intensive. ![]() The usual suspect, in this case, is there is a lot of emails on the mail server or slow internet or a combo of both. You are reading this article because you have set up IMAP on your outlook and it seems to take a long time to sync the folders/emails. ![]()
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