Scare!

I had a bit of a scare today.

I've been getting rather shrill emails on my University of Wyoming email account warning me that today is the day my email account gets deleted.  Previously, I'd been using the exchange account to store all my email, regardless of the source.

This morning, I decided it was time to sever that connection and go with just one account.  So, I deleted my UW Mail "account" in Outlook.

Big Mistake.

That ended up deleting my access to all my non-archived emails.  The OST file was still there, but nothing could access it.  I spent an hour before work trying to figure out how to access my emails.  I was downloading various programs, trials (the full price for some was up to $600!), etc.  Nothing worked.

In the end, I was able to reconnect to my UW Mail account and store all my emails as a PST file.  That was a big relief.

Right now, I'm trying to decide the best way to ensure I get universal access to my email, while allowing me the integration with everything that I've come to expect from Outlook.  But I think I'll wait until the weekend to tackle that.