I am going to try your fix(es) after I perform a complete system image which is occurring right now as I am composing this post. If not all the contents of the files appear after that, then be sure to clear everything from the 'filter' at the bottom left.Finally, a useful reply to my query. (You can go to the synchronization settings by hitting Ctrl+ Alt+ S, and, you can look for sync issues in the sync issues folder by going to the folder list before hitting Ctrl+ 6.) Adding the PST file(s) to the Outlook profile can be done by going to File | Open & Export | Open Outlook Data file. For an IMAP account, only the email folders in the IMAP folder tree (the folders related to the IMAP account in the Outlook nav pane) would synchronize with the server. Just adding any PST file(s) to an Outlook profile would not result in any folders in those PST files synchronizing with any account. How do force Outlook 2019 to perform what Microsoft calls 'Synchronize'? So, I am left with the original question: So I am plodding along year by saved year.ĮDIT 2: Apparently the Edit 1 method does not always work with each folder. One must be in that folder for the extraction from the. (Obviously my ISP has not had my 1997 emails stored on their server for decades).ĮDIT 1: The solution appears to be that of having endless patience while Outlook extracts the individual emails into their assigned specific folder. So not having any emails whatsoever from Jthrough Decemis ludicrous to say the least. Thus for the purposes of illustrating the problem, My '1997' 'archive' only has emails from Januthrough Jand there are a lot of them. I organize my emails into yearly 'archives'. I know they are in there because of the large file size. To further elucidate: The Inbox emails that I am missing are stored in the.pst file on my hard drive. The 'Sent' items, I have 'synchronized' one by one and they are all done now.

I am having trouble with getting all my 'Inbox' entries in their respective folders.

Outlook 2016 imap sync issues