Migrating .pst's to Outlook 2003

[Bob]

I had Outlook 2002 and two separate .pst files for
Hotmail and an IMAP server I connected to.

I am having a terrible time getting Outlook to use the
existing .pst's on my server and not creating the bloody
files on the c:\ drive. Can anyone help me force this pig
to use the existing files inaccordance with their
accounts and not create new ones on the computer itself?

Thank you in advanced.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

What happens if you use File->Open->Outlook Data Files?

Oink.


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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Bob asked:

| I had Outlook 2002 and two separate .pst files for
| Hotmail and an IMAP server I connected to.
|
| I am having a terrible time getting Outlook to use the
| existing .pst's on my server and not creating the bloody
| files on the c:\ drive. Can anyone help me force this pig
| to use the existing files inaccordance with their
| accounts and not create new ones on the computer itself?
|
| Thank you in advanced.

 

[Bob]

It will open the files just fine.
My problem is I do not store important things on my
computer's HD I store them on the server. When I create
my e-mail accounts, Outlook puts the .pst files for it on
the computer HD and I do not believe I can point it
elsewhere.

All I want is to have the files on the server and not
local.

Can you help?

 

[Bob Cerelli]

All you need to do is configure Outlook to use a data file that is on the
server rather than your local hard drive.

See http://www.onecomputerguy.com/app_info/outlook_xp.htm for some
suggestions.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Why Outlook .pst files are unsupported over a LAN or WAN link
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;297019&Product=out2K


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Bob asked:

| It will open the files just fine.
| My problem is I do not store important things on my
| computer's HD I store them on the server. When I create
| my e-mail accounts, Outlook puts the .pst files for it on
| the computer HD and I do not believe I can point it
| elsewhere.
|
| All I want is to have the files on the server and not
| local.
|
| Can you help?
|
|| -----Original Message-----
|| What happens if you use File->Open->Outlook Data Files?
||
|| Oink.
||
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Bob asked:
||
||| I had Outlook 2002 and two separate .pst files for
||| Hotmail and an IMAP server I connected to.
|||
||| I am having a terrible time getting Outlook to use the
||| existing .pst's on my server and not creating the bloody
||| files on the c:\ drive. Can anyone help me force this pig
||| to use the existing files inaccordance with their
||| accounts and not create new ones on the computer itself?
|||
||| Thank you in advanced.
||
||
|| .

 

[Bob]

Thanks.
I am using a Personal folder on my server as the e-mail
depository, but the account .pst's remain on the local
machine. A poor setup compared to what I had before, but
I guess it will have to do until I find another to force
Outlook to put them on the server (or I just install
Exchange and be done with it).

Thanks, both of you - and I rarely care what Microsoft
supports or not. They seem to miss the point that HDs
fail when they design their software and make it
frustrating to move all file locations off the primary
machine. Maybe they will figure it out some day???

-----Original Message-----
All you need to do is configure Outlook to use a data file that is on the
server rather than your local hard drive.

See

http://www.onecomputerguy.com/app_info/outlook_xp.htm for
some