user's messages-profile missing when connected to new domain-help

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MD

HI,

Please be patient as the story is long:

I migrated my users from a workgroup to a Client/Server
network about a month ago. A network using Windows 2000
active Directory. All the clients workstations are
Wondows 2000 professional. Before migration, I exported
the emails, etc. to a .pst file and after migration
imported the same file and all was fine. Last over the
weekend our Active Directory server crashed by a Virus
supposedly and we had to rebuil the servers, and couldn't
have the users logon on to the network to the
export/import scenarion again. After the server were
rebuilt, I was able to logon to the machines locally and
run outlook and export the messages, calander, notes,
contacts, etc. but All the messages in between the time
my users were on the new network and then again rebuilt
one are now missing, so this is my big question? if I
understand correctely, since we are using POP servers all
the messages get downloaded to the local machines and if
this is so, an outlook data file that contains all the
messages and other stuff for each user must be under the
user profile i.e. C:\Documents and Setting\usersx, where
usersx is the user name for the users while he was
connected to the pre crashed server (domain). THis users
name still exist on each machine for each user and I must
be able to import the user's associated outlook datafile
to his new account when user is logged onto the new
rebuilt domain???. If this assumption is right, please
help me find the datafile, I cannot see:

C:\documents and setting\userx\microsoft\outlook\personal
folder????

Can this be done? if so, how can I see the above mention
personal folder??


Thank you in advance for your input.

Regards,

MD
 
If you were using the Exchange mailbox, even with POP there's no PST file by
default. How were people connected while your servers were down?
 
HI and thanks for responding. My users were connected
until the end of the day, then it crashed and I had to
rebuild the servers over the weekend and create user
accounts agian, but with the same user name and the
server names didn't changed. On MOnday which was the
first day of work using newely built servers when users
loggedon, i went and import the exported file (.pst) into
outlook. all except three were fine. These three users
have worth of two months of messages and contacts missing.

I am trying to access their profile for befor the crash
on their own workstations as I can see the user name in
the Documents and setting where all the profiles are on
wondows 2000 and Xp, but it diesn't show me the local
setting\microsoft\outlook\personal folder/??

So, this is what happened and Now I have to get back the
lost messages!

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Regards,

MD
 
I'm still confused. Here's what I understand from your posts:

Your users were using the Exchange mailbox for delivery
Your server crashed.
You exported the mailbox to PST and imported into the newly recreated
mailboxes.
There is still no PST file being used, anywhere, and has not been since you
put in the Exchange server.

....so where did these users with the missing data have it stored in the
first place? Am I misunderstanding?

When your server crashed: do you have anyone backing up your mail, in the
sense of a secondary MX record that points to your ISP's (or someone's) SMTP
server that does store/forward (retries sending to you)?
 
HI,

we don't have an exchange server. we use internet email
form toad.net who is our dSL ckt provider and email. they
say since we use POP and SMTP, all the emails gets
downloaded into the local machine. On the local machine
we have outlook for mail client. if this is true where
all of these messages get saved. I have not changed
anything on the local machines. The servger which was re-
buil was our AD (Active Directory) server. I know that
each time a user logon to the network and create an email
account in the outlook, a profile get created and a data
file which holds enail mnessages creates on the local
machine, but where?
Sorry for the confusion.

REgards,

MD
 
OK - sorry, I misunderstood your original post. By default, the PST file is
in the user's "documents & settings" folder, but it's in a hidden
subfolder - search for *.pst and make sure you're searching hidden/system
folders as well.
 
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