mail & address folders on different location on the hard disc

[Guest]

I want to assign the mails and addresses of a project (lets call it A) to a
seperate folder individually on the Harddisk (where all my other project-A
related files are stored).
This would enable me also to save/backup all project-A files including the
outlook files individually (e.g.on a CD...).

What do I have to do, to install a folder, which is not saved in the general
outlook.pst-file (the general outlook-file is too big and contains all other
projects).
I use outlook 2007 & 2003.
In Outlook I have a project structure --> project A
--> MailsIn
--> MailsOut
-->
Addresses
project B....

If possible, I'd like to maintain this structure.
The incoming and outgoing mails could still be transferred through the
"personal folder" (=outlook.pst). I'd like to sort it manually and assign the
mails to the individual folders.

Can anybody give me an instruction on how to set up this.
Now I have all projects in this common.pst-file, and each project already in
seperate folders (as shown above).

thanks

 

[OS]

Would using seperate PST files (saved wherever you want on your harddrive)
with only a contacts folder and the mail files you mention in there be a
good solution for you? I dont beleive you can just have a folder in outlook
mapped to a real folder on your computer.

Oliver

 

[Guest]

I've tried this before, but it works only partly!
1) I've exported the existing folder as a seperate A.pst
2) then I shifted it to the location on the hard disc where I want it
3) then I have problems with the import: it works, but it seems to me that
the
location where it looks is still outlook.pst

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Importing and exporting is never the correct way to transfer Outlook data.
You can create a PST file anywhere you want it on your hard drive and open
it in Outlook.

 

[Guest]

o.k., now it works :
1) with the "data file management" I created a new folder, attached to the
hd-location
2) then I shifted my existing "MailsIn/Out & addresses" to the outlook
folder where I wanted it!

thanks
--
PETER

Importing and exporting is never the correct way to transfer Outlook data.
You can create a PST file anywhere you want it on your hard drive and open
it in Outlook.

 

[OS]

If you go to Data File Managment you can create a new PST wherever you like,
then inside create folders or drag folders from your Personal Folders
(outlook.pst) inside outlook. As Russ Valentine says don't bother with the
Import/Export.

The end result will then turn out something like this:

Personal Folders
|-Deleted Items
|-Inbox
|-Outbox
|-Sent Items
|-Calendar
|-Contacts
|-Journal
|-Notes
|-Tasks
|-Drafts
|-Junk E-mail
Project A
|-Contacts
|-Email
|- ....
Archive Folders
|- ....


O

Importing and exporting is never the correct way to transfer Outlook data.
You can create a PST file anywhere you want it on your hard drive and open
it in Outlook.