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Understanding Email Protocols (POP, Imap, MAPI, EAS, Exchange)
The email protocol is the process by which an email desktop/mobile client accesses the information (From and To) contained in an email account (your email address). Each of these protocols which are governed by universal standards (at the core level) have a specific set of capabilities in terms of how data is handled at the […]
Understanding Sync – Devices, Email Clients and Accounts
A common misunderstanding people have when it comes to Office 365 (Outlook – desktop client) is the term “sync” with a multi-user multi-device subscription (i.e. the basic 5 user Office 365 Home license). The misunderstanding comes from the marketing materials not making it entirely clear that being able to have the same data depends on […]
Creating an Outlook backup strategy
There are many components that go into having a comprehensive backup strategy and unfortunately, many people focus on Outlook to the exclusion of all else. Various approaches are going to be reviewed from the most simplistic to a comprehensive system level approach. Starting with the basic mistakes The biggest mistake people make is that they […]
Understanding Outlook Email Account Configuration
For those not familiar with email protocols, that’s the process by which an <email client> (like Outlook) connects to an <email account>. What happens in terms of what data gets download and/or synchronized along with the types of data files get created depends completely on the protocol used to connect to the <email account>. Email […]
How to Protect Outlook ‘2013/’2016 Imap Contact/Calendar Data
For a quick video overview of the material contained in this post In Outlook ‘2010 and earlier, Contact/Calendar folders associated with an Imap email account were always stored in the default contact/calendar folders for the Outlook profile which was always a separate datastore (.pst file) from the one created to hold the Imap email folders. […]
