# MS Exchange Question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ms-exchange-question/190811>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [June 14, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ms-exchange-question/190811 "2006-06-14T20:59:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![DariusMonsef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@DariusMonsef](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DariusMonsef)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ms-exchange-question/190811/1 "2006-06-14T20:59:04Z")

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Howdy,

So my brother in-law has a very old server running exchange to handle their mail in the office. I finally convinced them to switch to a web based mail client so I could help manage it… who knows the last time they upgraded/patched/protected the exchange server…

anyway, my questions are:  
When using exchange and Outlook, is the mail downloaded locally or is it all stored on the server? ie if I dropkick the exchange server down the stairs, will all mail be lost? If the mail is stored on the server, is there a setting to download it locally?

Cheers.  
PB/E/D