REMOVE DUPLICATE EMAIL MESSAGES IN OUTLOOK 2007

[REDDOG]

I exported the personal file folders from my desktop and imported them into
my laptop. Now I have many duplicate messages. Obviously I did not select
the correct option. How do I remove them other than one at a time?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

You'll need to use a duplicate remover. If you did not get new mail or edit
existing mail during the same time period, you could use advanced find to
show the imported items. Use the last modified field and look for dates
between. Enter the dates in this format:
11/24/2009 6:15 pm and 11/25/2009 6:10 am
See http://xsolive.com/Outlook Screen shots/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=128
for a screenshot of the filter.

See http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail_duplicates.asp for the utilities.

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[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I exported the personal file folders from my desktop and imported them into
my laptop. Now I have many duplicate messages. Obviously I did not select
the correct option. How do I remove them other than one at a time?

Rather that getting a duplicate remover, just start over, assuming this is a
new setup of Outlook on the laptop. First, don't export. Just copy the PST
on the desktop machine to the laptop, placing it in, say, Documents or
Documents\Outlook (which you'd create). The start the Mail applet in Control
Panel, click the Data Files button and then Add. Browse to the PST you placed
in Documents, select it and click OK. Then make that the delivery location by
selecting it and clicking "Set as Default". Now, remove the other PSTs by
delecting them in turn and clicking Remove. Close the Mail applet and start
Outlook. It should look exactly like the Outlook in the desktop machine now.