RE: Outlook Personal Folders Password

[Murad Talukdar <talukdar_m () subway com>]

Hey edward,
There are no default ones as you have to set one for it first.
Try a shareware app or something--google for .pst password recovery tools.

What have you tried to fix the corrupted mail file? (Scanpst.exe etc?)
How important is the mail-I would suggest a commercial tool if they are very
important.
It's not the mail account password you're being prompted for is it?
Regards
Murad Talukdar

-----Original Message-----
From: Edmond Chow [mailto:echow () videotron ca] 
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 12:46 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Cc: Beauford, Jason; EChow
Subject: RE: Outlook Personal Folders Password


Dear List,

I am embarrassed to admit that I lost all my emails in Microsoft Outlook
last week and I haven't been able to retrieve them.  Now, every time I try
to open Outlook, I am asked for my Personal Folders Password.  My problem is
that I don't know the password because I never had one  i.e., in the past, I
would double click on the Outlook icon and the application (along with all
my emails!) would open right away.  Along with asking for my password,
there's an error message - "The server is not available."

Here's what happened:  I came home one evening and decided to go into IE to
delete cookies, delete files and delete the history folder.  Right after
that, the system started requesting my password!

Is there a default password for Outlook?

Thanks.

Regards,


Edmond


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