OST file, also known as ‘Offline Storage Table‘ file is a replica of the complete data in the mailbox of Outlook. There are situations when MS Outlook may throw errors and fail to open because of corrupted or deleted OST file. Reasons for OST file corruption may be incompatible Outlook add-ins, corruption in file system,…

Both OST and PST files hold importance to an Outlook user. Corruption in any of these will ultimately cause Outlook to suffer. OST file is a backup copy of data available in Exchange Server configured with Outlook with some predefined size limitations. The storage capacity of the file depends on the installed version of MS…

Mozilla’s Thunderbird is a popular desktop-based email client that offers a bundle of facilities like email, newsfeed, chat, newsgroup, etc. It is designed to manage multiple accounts, and is available for Windows, Linux, and OS X platforms, Moreover, it is free (Thunderbirds uses MBOX format, a free open source format, for storing its emails and…

Outlook for Mac accounts connected to Exchange may sometimes get error messages stating that their Exchange mailbox is full. And IT support team may have to ask the email client users to delete unnecessary emails and attachments or to archive their mailbox data. Here, we will go through the causes of this issue and ways…

Exchange Server is vulnerable to corruption and other issues. Though the latest versions of Exchange are more stable and mature, one cannot guarantee that this platform is completely secure from issues. Some reasons for Exchange issues are discussed here: Hardware issues Substandard hardware is a major reason Exchange issues. Bad sectors in hard drive where…