Microsoft outlook sent items

You must have the option to save sent messages enabled. Go to Tools->Options and click the Email Options button. See if the Save Copies of Messages in Sent Items Folder is checked. If not, click on the option box to place a check in it. Now, every email you send or reply to will place a copy of the message in the Sent Items folder.

If this option was not checked then you have no way to retrieve messages sent prior to this time. If it was checked then you should be able to go to your Sent Items folder and view all of the messages you have ever sent (unless you have deleted them out manually at some point in time).

Enjoy,

DrBob:>)

All items in Outlook are stored in a single database. If Outlook is using Exchange, all Outlook items for all users are stored in a database called priv.edb on the server. If you are storing Outlook locally, it uses a database with a .pst extension.These databases cannot be viewed or edited, other than through Outlook.

If the Sent Items were Archived and not deleted, then you can get them back by finding the PST file, opening Outlook, and going to File->Import, and then importing the items back from the PST file. If your Sent Items were deleted, and you do not have a backup of the database, you cannot retrieve them.