Your mailbox has been temporarily moved on Microsoft exchange server

If you are using Office 365, then sometimes different issues arrive with it. One such problem is

“Your mailbox has been temporarily moved to the Microsoft Exchange server. A temporary mailbox exists but might not have all of your previous data. You can connect to the temporary mailbox or work offline with all of your old data. If you choose to work with your old data, you cannot send or receive e-mail messages”

Here Microsoft Exchange gives you this message due to the damage in the Outlook profile. Due to this reason, Outlook is connected to the Microsoft Exchange Server and this shifting might lead to loss of the data including emails, contacts, calendars, tasks, etc.

Tip: Don’t connect to the temporary mailbox, this could delete all your data.

Different methods to fix the issue “Your mailbox has been temporarily moved on Microsoft Exchange Server”

Method 1: Enable Cached Exchange Mode

1. Close Microsoft Outlook and then press the Windows button and open Control Panel.
2. Now, click on the Mail option and then press the E-mail accounts button.
3. After that, select your Microsoft Exchange Account and double-click on it.
4. Now, a Change Account window is opened.
5. Go to the Offline Settings and check on the Use Cached Exchange Mode box and then press the Next button and then close the window.
6. Restart Microsoft Outlook and then check whether the profile is opened or not.

Method 2: Delete the primary profile and create a new one

1. Exit Microsoft Outlook and then press the Windows button on the main screen.
2. Open Control Panel and then click on the Mail option.
3. Now, click on the E-mail accounts button.
   
4. Now, an Account Settings window is opened. Here in the Email tab, click on the new button.
5. In the Add Account window, enter the details of your new account and then click on the Next button.
6. As soon as the new account is created, you can delete the old account.
7. Go to the Mail option and select the newly created account.
8. Now, choose “Always use this profile” option and then click on the OK button.

Method 3: Delete all the Outlook profiles apart from the primary profile

1. Close the Microsoft Outlook application and then click on the Windows button on the main screen.
2. Open the Control Panel and then go to the Mail options.
3. In the Mail setup window, click on the Show Profiles button.
   
4. Select the profile that is creating a problem and then press the Remove button.
5. Now, you’ll be prompted with a message “Careful, if you remove this profile, offline cached content for its accounts will be deleted”. Click on the Yes button.
   
6. Repeat the procedure for all the profiles apart from the primary one.
7. Now restart the Outlook and check whether it starts working.

Method 4: Use scanpst.exe

Microsoft Outlook provides an in-built Inbox Repair Tool that helps in scanning and repairing corrupted PST file.

This utility will let you check if there is an error in the mailbox and if there is an error showing mailbox is temporarily moved on the Microsoft Exchange Server then it might be solved using scanpst.exe.

Method 5: Disable anti-malware, if present

Anti-malware software checks all the incoming emails that might seem like spam. If there is a slight problem with the email then anti-malware will not allow them to come and delete them. This might create a problem like “Mailbox is temporarily moved on the Microsoft Exchange Server”. Disable the anti-malware to stop it from creating problems.

Method 6: Disable unusable add-on

There might be some unnecessary add-ons present in the Outlook that might be creating a problem in opening Microsoft Outlook.

Method 7: Use OST to PST converter

The error “Mailbox is temporarily moved on the Microsoft Exchange Server” can let users lose their precious data. For recovering all the data from the primary mailbox, you can use OST to PST Converter tool. You can recover as much data as possible present in your mailbox. The steps to recover data in the form of PST file are as follows:

1. Download & Install Aryson Converter for OST to PST
2. Run the software and click on the “Open” button to select an OST file
3. Now, select scanning modes to handles corrupt OST files
4. Click on the “OK” button to the scanning process is completed
5. Now, previews the OST mailboxes before convert as a PST file
6. Click on the “Save” button and select the folder path to saves the recovered OST file
7. After that, click on the “OK” button to Convert OST file as PST file
8. Now, the selected OST file converted into the PST file successfully

Some other important features of Aryson OST to PST Converter are as follows:

• Convert OST to PST in MS Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013 & 2010.
• Allows us to export OST mailbox item into Windows Live Mail (EML) with ease.
• Migrates OST Emails into Mac Mail (MBOX) Successfully.
• Exports emails, contacts, calendars, tasks, notes, journals, etc. from an offline OST file into Outlook PST format.
• Lets users to Open OST File into Outlook with all email items.
• It will show you previews of the OST files mailbox folder before saving them into PST files.
• Lets users to repair OST file and save them into a different file format.
• Provides Save Snapshot and Load Snapshot features.
• Creates a LOG file of the full conversion process of an OST file for future use.

Conclusion

The manual methods to fix the issue “Your mailbox has been temporarily moved on Microsoft Exchange Server” can lead to loss of data. You need to save the data before trying any fixes. Aryson OST to PST Converter comes to the rescue at the time. It can convert the OST file to PST format which can then be used in the future.

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