PST File incompatible

[Guest]

We've just recently exported users email's to pst files using an
WindowsXP-Office 2003 computer and set mail profiles in outlook for each user
that we wanted to export the mail into a pst file. We did this because our
email server needed maintenance ( and a new domain was created). We
successfuly exported the pst files for all users and then went back to each
user and created a new outlook profile and add the personal folder service to
each users profile. When we pointed at the pst file to use for the personal
folder it was successful in all 2003, 2002 users. When we tried to do the
same for the 2000, 98, 97 outlook users we get a message that the pst file is
an incompatible file. How do we correct this or import it into the 2000, 98,
97 outlooks? We tried the inbox repair tool and that seems to make OL 2000,
98, 97 think that they are recovered pst files and still does not allow us to
import from them.

Any thoughts....

 

[Roady [MVP]]

If you exported them you created an Outlook 2003 pst-file which is not
compatible with previous versions of Outlook. Follow instructions below to
create an Outlook 97-2002 compatible pst-file;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/downgradefromoutlook2003.htm

Just curious; why didn't you use exmerge from the Exchange Resource Kit
instead?

--
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www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

And, to pile on, why are you using .pst files with Exchange? A huge waste
of resources.

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the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
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After furious head scratching, Roady [MVP] asked:

| If you exported them you created an Outlook 2003 pst-file which is not
| compatible with previous versions of Outlook. Follow instructions
| below to create an Outlook 97-2002 compatible pst-file;
| http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/downgradefromoutlook2003.htm
|
| Just curious; why didn't you use exmerge from the Exchange Resource
| Kit instead?
|
|
| -----
| || We've just recently exported users email's to pst files using an
|| WindowsXP-Office 2003 computer and set mail profiles in outlook for
|| each user
|| that we wanted to export the mail into a pst file. We did this
|| because our email server needed maintenance ( and a new domain was
|| created). We successfuly exported the pst files for all users and
|| then went back to each
|| user and created a new outlook profile and add the personal folder
|| service to
|| each users profile. When we pointed at the pst file to use for the
|| personal
|| folder it was successful in all 2003, 2002 users. When we tried to
|| do the same for the 2000, 98, 97 outlook users we get a message that
|| the pst file is
|| an incompatible file. How do we correct this or import it into the
|| 2000, 98,
|| 97 outlooks? We tried the inbox repair tool and that seems to make OL
|| 2000,
|| 98, 97 think that they are recovered pst files and still does not
|| allow us to
|| import from them.
||
|| Any thoughts....

 

[Guest]

This site was migrating away from exchange 5.5 into Imail 8.4

If you exported them you created an Outlook 2003 pst-file which is not
compatible with previous versions of Outlook. Follow instructions below to
create an Outlook 97-2002 compatible pst-file;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/downgradefromoutlook2003.htm

Just curious; why didn't you use exmerge from the Exchange Resource Kit
instead?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

We've just recently exported users email's to pst files using an
WindowsXP-Office 2003 computer and set mail profiles in outlook for each
user
that we wanted to export the mail into a pst file. We did this because our
email server needed maintenance ( and a new domain was created). We
successfuly exported the pst files for all users and then went back to
each
user and created a new outlook profile and add the personal folder service
to
each users profile. When we pointed at the pst file to use for the
personal
folder it was successful in all 2003, 2002 users. When we tried to do the
same for the 2000, 98, 97 outlook users we get a message that the pst file
is
an incompatible file. How do we correct this or import it into the 2000,
98,
97 outlooks? We tried the inbox repair tool and that seems to make OL
2000,
98, 97 think that they are recovered pst files and still does not allow us
to
import from them.

Any thoughts....

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Alright, but still getting stuff to a pst-file would have been much eassier
if you used exmerge. I really don't want to think about exporting all
mailboxes from our domain by hand :-S

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

This site was migrating away from exchange 5.5 into Imail 8.4

If you exported them you created an Outlook 2003 pst-file which is not
compatible with previous versions of Outlook. Follow instructions below
to
create an Outlook 97-2002 compatible pst-file;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/downgradefromoutlook2003.htm

Just curious; why didn't you use exmerge from the Exchange Resource Kit
instead?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

We've just recently exported users email's to pst files using an
WindowsXP-Office 2003 computer and set mail profiles in outlook for
each
user
that we wanted to export the mail into a pst file. We did this because
our
email server needed maintenance ( and a new domain was created). We
successfuly exported the pst files for all users and then went back to
each
user and created a new outlook profile and add the personal folder
service
to
each users profile. When we pointed at the pst file to use for the
personal
folder it was successful in all 2003, 2002 users. When we tried to do
the
same for the 2000, 98, 97 outlook users we get a message that the pst
file
is
an incompatible file. How do we correct this or import it into the
2000,
98,
97 outlooks? We tried the inbox repair tool and that seems to make OL
2000,
98, 97 think that they are recovered pst files and still does not allow
us
to
import from them.

Any thoughts....