Hello,
Yes, you can restore your emails from OST File. First you have to open MS Outlook and connect to exchange server. Now, try to export OST File from Exchange Server and then the exported PST File import into MS Outlook.
To know more about import/export function, see here: https://support.office.com/en-nz/article/Import-Outlook-items-from-an-Outlook-Data-File-pst--431a8e9a-f99f-4d5f-ae48-ded54b3440ac?ui=en-US&rs=en-NZ&ad=NZ
Point to be remembered: If you are not connected to the Exchange Server, then the OST File is treated as Orphan file and you are not able to see the data. In such a scenario, you have to move on any third party software. I would like to suggest you OST to PST Converter Software to restore your emails without any data loss.
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Kelvin Howard
Hi,
As you mentioned you want to restore emails from the .ost file, it seems you used to use an Exchange or IMAP account in Outlook. If so, please note the .ost file is a local copy of the mailbox, as long as you connect to the account via Outlook 2016, you will get these emails synced to local again.
If you don't have these emails on server any more, then we will need some 3rd-party tools to convert the .ost file to a .pst file, which can be imported to Outlook, while an .ost file can't.
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Melon Chen
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Yes !!
It is possible to restore emails from OST file without suffering any data Loss, but for
that, you have to take help from professional tools as doing this using manual methods could be risky and time consuming.
For this using professional tool, you can convert your OST file to importable PST and export all mailbox objects in it to your Outlook profile. From OST to PST tools my recommendation to you would be to use Stellar OST to PST converter - as this software securely converts all mails from OST file to importable PST along with all attachments inside without tempering the formatting of the mailbox