Command Line Export of .pst files

[mark carlile]

Hello,
Here is my question: Is it possible to use the command line to export
to a .pst file? I want to carry out the an export to a USB flash
drive everyday before i leave the office, and then use this once i get
home.

Work outlook = v2000
home outlook = v2007
PC work = XP Pro
Home PC = XP Home

Ulimatley i want to incorporate this into a .bat file so that it runs
everyday at the same time as a schedules task.

The non-automated procedure (i.e. me manually exporting the stuff)
works great but is a pain to do juts before i leave.

any help would be great.

Cheers

Mark

 

[DL]

Well the first problem is that OL2k cannot read an OL2007 pst file.
You would have to be using the early format pst in OL2007

Any bat file created could only be run when OL2007 is closed, so you might
not want to run it as a scheduled task, unless of course you create a kill
procedure in it first, then a pause before you run the copy section.

PS Import/Export is never the correct way to deal with the OL data file

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

A better approach would be to copy the entire file back and forth, rather than export.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers