Your @northwestern.edu account will be automatically deleted after you leave the University and cannot be recovered. If you want to back up your emails and contacts, you need to create a backup personal storage (PST) file in Outlook before your NetID expires and you lose access to your email account.
1. Select the Inbox that you wish to back up/export.
2. Select File > Export...
3. Choose the types of items you want to back up, then click Continue.
4. Enter a name to save the backup file as and then select where you wish the .olm file to be saved to. Click Save once you are done.
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