Saving/moving emails

[MAO]

I have a new computer and I want to copy the emails/folers from one to the
other. I tried the personal folder option, but it saves in a .pst file on my
hard drive that cannot be opened, same as what the archive does. I want to
copy and move and open emails just like I can in Outlook . Is this
possible. What is with the .pst if you can open or read what you have saved??

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You can open a pst-file via File-> Open-> Outlook Data File...
For more information about backing up and restoring your Outlook data see;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

 

[Gordon]

Also look at IMPORTING DATA in help files.

No! Do NOT use the import/export function to move data from one Outlook to
another UNLESS the first instance logs on to Exchange Server and the second
does not.

 

[Gordon]

I have a new computer and I want to copy the emails/folers from one to the
other. I tried the personal folder option, but it saves in a .pst file on
my
hard drive that cannot be opened, same as what the archive does. I want
to
copy and move and open emails just like I can in Outlook . Is this
possible. What is with the .pst if you can open or read what you have
saved??

pst files can only be opened in Outlook.

See here on how to do it properly:

How to backup and restore Outlook

http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

There is out-dated information on some of these pages, specifically with
regard to Outlook 2003 and 2007.

The main points to note:
1. Do NOT use the import/export function to move Outlook data from one
version to another - all you need to do is to copy the pst file, with
Outlook closed.

2. Do NOT paste the copied pst file into the default location - paste into
(for example) your Documents folder and then do File-Open-Outlook Data File
within Outlook.