Outlook 2016 - Outlook Setup Wizard needs a MASSIVE warning: DELETES ALL existing accounts!

[QualityOverCost]

I recently set up a new email account & decided to use the "outlook setup wizard" to add(?) it to my existing Outlook setup: HUGE mistake.

I had at least 5 different accounts already present (using different connection methods  - POP3, IMAP, echange, etc) with tons of rules to administer the incoming emails.  After running the wizard to add the new email, I went back in to find ALL pre-existing accounts deleted.  New one works great, of course  😕  , but the damage is done - and it's massive.

There was no noticeable warning (giant red skull & crossbones?) this was going to happen and - seriously - why any developer is going to sweep clean all existing accounts before adding the new account is beyond me!  I don't even want to consider the cost in hours this is going to take to correct. (So unimpressed, it isn't funny).

If anyone has any tricks to recover/specifically backup the accounts as well as any email rules that were created on those accounts, that would be a great help.

For heaven's sake's, GoDaddy: Put a GIANT warning on the Outlook email setup wizard!

From the other posts about this, it appears there's no recourse - once they're deleted, they're done.

[Retired]

Hi @QualityOverCost,

that was unfortunate and hindsight is not much use but a good rule of thumb is to always back things up before making changes. I know this doesn't help much now, but it will.

As for GIANT warnings......

I once saw a giant warning, but I carried on up the beanstalk non the less......................

[nokidding911]

same thing just happened to me WTF !!  What should we do now ?

all my old email account and email was gone now ....

How come they did not fix this problem ?