Importing messages from folder structure

[Andrew M. Saucci, Jr.]

We used a third-party utility to export the contents of a .PST file
to plain text .MSG files in a folder structure that mirrored the folder
structure of the PST file. It had many nested folders, maybe 100 to 200. We
lost the original PST but still have the exported folders and messages. When
we tried to bring the messages back into a new PST file, we discovered that
folders cannot be dragged back into Outlook; only messages can be dragged
and dropped. The manufacturer of the utility has no automated way to bring
those folders back into Outlook. I know-- I should have backed up the PST.
Can I get these folders back into Outlook any way other than recreating the
folders one at a time and then dragging the messages back into them
manually? Is this perhaps a behavior that can be overridden somehow?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Unless there is a utility that can import the folder structure, you'll need
to it yourself.

Is there a reason you need the messages back in the pst?

--
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[Andrew M. Saucci, Jr.]

I personally don't see a desperate need, but my client needs to
find a message and seems to think that Outlook has some sort of search
capability that is absent in Windows. Since the exported messages are in
plain text files, I'd just search them with Windows. Maybe I need to explain
that better; we often have communication problems with this particular
client. It would be nice to have them back in a PST, though, just so it's
all in Outlook.

Unless there is a utility that can import the folder structure, you'll
need to it yourself.

Is there a reason you need the messages back in the pst?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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We used a third-party utility to export the contents of a .PST
file
to plain text .MSG files in a folder structure that mirrored the folder
structure of the PST file. It had many nested folders, maybe 100 to 200.
We
lost the original PST but still have the exported folders and messages.
When
we tried to bring the messages back into a new PST file, we discovered
that
folders cannot be dragged back into Outlook; only messages can be dragged
and dropped. The manufacturer of the utility has no automated way to
bring
those folders back into Outlook. I know-- I should have backed up the
PST.
Can I get these folders back into Outlook any way other than recreating
the
folders one at a time and then dragging the messages back into them
manually? Is this perhaps a behavior that can be overridden somehow?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

with the exception of Outlook 2007, searching in outlook is painful. If
they are on the drive in *.txt format, windows search is much better.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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I personally don't see a desperate need, but my client needs to
find a message and seems to think that Outlook has some sort of search
capability that is absent in Windows. Since the exported messages are in
plain text files, I'd just search them with Windows. Maybe I need to
explain that better; we often have communication problems with this
particular client. It would be nice to have them back in a PST, though,
just so it's all in Outlook.

Unless there is a utility that can import the folder structure, you'll
need to it yourself.

Is there a reason you need the messages back in the pst?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Let's Really Fix Outlook 2010
http://forums.slipstick.com/forumdisplay.php?f=34

We used a third-party utility to export the contents of a .PST
file
to plain text .MSG files in a folder structure that mirrored the folder
structure of the PST file. It had many nested folders, maybe 100 to 200.
We
lost the original PST but still have the exported folders and messages.
When
we tried to bring the messages back into a new PST file, we discovered
that
folders cannot be dragged back into Outlook; only messages can be
dragged
and dropped. The manufacturer of the utility has no automated way to
bring
those folders back into Outlook. I know-- I should have backed up the
PST.
Can I get these folders back into Outlook any way other than recreating
the
folders one at a time and then dragging the messages back into them
manually? Is this perhaps a behavior that can be overridden somehow?