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Offline Storage Table

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Offline Storage Table (.ost) is a file format of Microsoft Exchange Server. MES users can either use their mailbox around the server in the net mode or the actual cached mode. Actual cached mode allows users to keep working with data in the mailbox as though they were looking at still-connected towards the server even when offline. MS Outlook produces an offline storage devices file, OST file then copies the content of the mailbox on the actual server into that file. Mobile users may then access this copy of the mailbox offline.

.OST files are a product of MS Outlook, and incorporate the user's offline e-mail files. .OST data are a formatting as used by Microsoft company Prospect[clarification needed] to save offline information on users' own workstations.

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An OST data file (. OST) is usually an offline folder data file within Microsoft company Prospect. Off-line ringbinders allow the user to figure offline and to synchronize improvements using the Trade server next time these people link.