[lukenn]

Morning all,

Last time I imported a .pst file into a new installation of Outlook '07 it brought in all my emails just fine, but then re-downloaded all of them (because a copy is kept on the server). I now need to do this again on another computer (different .pst and email accounts), and don't want to run into the same problem. How can I avoid this problem?

Also, I read a brief guide on importing the .pst file, and it described adding the email account first, and then importing the .pst. Do I need to do this for all the email accounts before importing the .pst, or just one to gain access to Outlook? I normally use a Mac, and am doing this as a favor for my boss, so please forgive me for the tedious questions!

Thanks.

[EAFiedler]

Hi lukenn

Personally, I just connect the .pst file to the new profile, in Outlook, avoiding the Import process.
Connecting the .pst file is a snap.
File > Open > Outlook Data File
Browse to the location of the .pst file and select it.
But even connecting the .pst file is not going to eliminate the downloading of the older messages. The new profile doesn't know what was downloaded by the previous profile.

What you could do is move everything out of the Inbox, into another folder, before allowing Outlook to connect to the mail server. Then connect to the mail server. After the messages are downloaded you would then be able to delete most of the messages from the Inbox, since they are duplicates.

Or as advised here: http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/dup...ile_Recreation
Start Outlook at least once with its new .pst file and allow it to collect the messages.
Then connect the old .pst file and make it the default delivery location.


No, you do not need to configure an e-mail account to access Outlook. You should be able to skip that part of the process.
You do need to configure an e-mail account to do anything beyond accessing Outlook.