New to Exchange all info in .pst

[Steve]

I have just been given an exchange 2003 account at work. I have all my
appointments contacts, and life in a pst file on my laptop. I'd like to get
all this info into the new exchange account. What's the best way to go
about it? Should I copy the file to my work machine, open it and move stuff
to other folders? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

TIA
Steve

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

First, check the size of your PST file, and check with your Exchange admins
to find out what your mailbox quota is.
If it will fit, you can use file | import/export | outlook data file .....in
the profile that has the Exchange server loaded. Or open the file, in that
profile, and just copy what you need to your mailbox.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

copy it to the work machine and copy or export the items to the exchange
mailbox. if you only have a few things you want to move to the exchange
mailbox, you can try emailing them - use insert, item and select all of the
items. Drag off the email at work and drop on the folders they belong in.

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[Brian Tillman]

I have just been given an exchange 2003 account at work. I have all
my appointments contacts, and life in a pst file on my laptop. I'd
like to get all this info into the new exchange account. What's the
best way to go about it? Should I copy the file to my work machine,
open it and move stuff to other folders?

That's what I did. I set Exchange as the default delivery location and
copied just the Contacts and Calendar to the Exchange server (since that's
all I wanted on the server). My old mail I kept in the PST, with new mail
being delivered to the server. I move mail from the server to the PST as I
deal with it.