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.
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......................
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 ?