Upgrade O97 pst to 2003 Unicode PST

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Hi,

I upgraded my Outlook to 2003 and simply copied my O97 pst. Now I have
learned that the new version of Outlook gets rid of the 2gig limit.

My question is how to efficiently convert the old version to the new.
Could someone give me the steps?

1) Create a new data file and import or
2) Create a new data file and copy from within Outlook

3) Is there a way that can preserve the dates of the emails?

4) What is the process to change which folder gets the pop mail...I
can't find the article I used to see in the MS support site.

Thanks,
Jack
 
Use method 2 and question 3 is renedered irrelevant since copying does not
change any data.

Tools->Options->Mail Setup->Account->View or Change - set your default
delivery location using the dropdown..


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After furious head scratching, Jack asked:

| Hi,
|
| I upgraded my Outlook to 2003 and simply copied my O97 pst. Now I
| have learned that the new version of Outlook gets rid of the 2gig
| limit.
|
| My question is how to efficiently convert the old version to the new.
| Could someone give me the steps?
|
| 1) Create a new data file and import or
| 2) Create a new data file and copy from within Outlook
|
| 3) Is there a way that can preserve the dates of the emails?
|
| 4) What is the process to change which folder gets the pop mail...I
| can't find the article I used to see in the MS support site.
|
| Thanks,
| Jack
 
Jack said:
My question is how to efficiently convert the old version to the new.
Could someone give me the steps?

1) Create a new data file and import or
2) Create a new data file and copy from within Outlook
Click to expand...

The second of these. You can also use
http://www.maclean.com/upstart/index.html
3) Is there a way that can preserve the dates of the emails?
Click to expand...

Choice 2 above will preserve dates.
4) What is the process to change which folder gets the pop mail...I
can't find the article I used to see in the MS support site.
Click to expand...

POP mail will always be delivered to your default delivery location,
specified at the bottom of Tools>E-mail Accounts>Next.
 
OL 97 rules are in a separate file with a .rwz extension - rules in 2002 and
later are contained in the .pst file, so, you will have to export them
separately and import them into the new Outlook installation.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Jack asked:

| What about all the Rules that I have setup. Will those get exported
| also?
| Jack
|
| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
|| Use method 2 and question 3 is renedered irrelevant since copying
|| does not change any data.
||
|| Tools->Options->Mail Setup->Account->View or Change - set your
|| default delivery location using the dropdown..
||
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Jack asked:
||
||| Hi,
|||
||| I upgraded my Outlook to 2003 and simply copied my O97 pst. Now I
||| have learned that the new version of Outlook gets rid of the 2gig
||| limit.
|||
||| My question is how to efficiently convert the old version to the
||| new. Could someone give me the steps?
|||
||| 1) Create a new data file and import or
||| 2) Create a new data file and copy from within Outlook
|||
||| 3) Is there a way that can preserve the dates of the emails?
|||
||| 4) What is the process to change which folder gets the pop mail...I
||| can't find the article I used to see in the MS support site.
|||
||| Thanks,
||| Jack
 
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