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From: Peter Foldes on 1 Apr 2010 09:34 Alias You were correct with your answer to the OP in the alt.group. Importing and Exporting will corrupt the files -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Alias" <aka(a)masked&anonymous.com.invalido> wrote in message news:hp26ve$uoo$3(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Joel wrote: >> Alias <aka(a)masked&anonymous.com.invalido> wrote: >> >>>> It's been a long time since I used Office 2000, but there should be an >>>> export function in Outlook 2000 that creates one gigantic PST file >>>> that can then be imported into his new copy of Outlook. I'd at least >>>> try it that way first. >>> And you would have advised the OP to do a very stupid thing. PST files must be >>> *opened*, not imported. Outlook 2000 has the old type of .pst file which has a >>> limit of 2 gigs. The new .pst files have no limit and are set by default to 20 >>> gigs. The .pst file doesn't need to be exported. It needs to be copied to >>> external media and then pasted into the new computer where, after installing >>> Outlook 07, one should go to File/Open/Personal data file and navigate to where >>> the .pst was pasted and open it. Then one can move all the emails to the new >>> .pst file and then close the old one. >> >> >> Importing does not keep using the exported PST file copied from the >> old computer - it just imports the data into the new installation. It >> will be saved by Outlook 2007 natively. Your method is really more >> complex. As long as the export is done with all folders selected for >> exporting, it's a cleaner method for transferring - it does take time >> to build the exported PST on the old computer, but one can just let it >> work in the background until it's done. >> > > I wonder what the good folks in microsoft.public.outlook think of this > exporting/importing method. > > -- > Alias
From: Joel on 1 Apr 2010 10:18 "Peter Foldes" <okf22(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >Alias > >You were correct with your answer to the OP in the alt.group. Importing and >Exporting will corrupt the files I guess that's why I've done it that way multiple times, for a family member who actually uses Outlook for God knows what reason, and has changed computers multiple times, and it didn't "corrupt" anything. And I guess you enjoy using a product that you claim "corrupts" files for absolutely no good reason. Two for two on Microsoft Office lameness. -- Joel Crump
From: Joel on 1 Apr 2010 10:19 Alias <aka(a)masked&anonymous.com.invalido> wrote: >I wonder what the good folks in microsoft.public.outlook think of this >exporting/importing method. I wonder why you care, Ubuntu toy-Linux-distro luser. I only answered the OP to be helpful, since I loathe MS Office, even though I run Windows, but happen to have done this for another person's computer. It's funny how you'll stoop to spamming the Outlook NG just to troll a.win7.gen. -- Joel Crump
From: Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] on 1 Apr 2010 10:37 "Joel" <joelcrump(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:qoa9r5h5mj3vvhekeskq33d4lufi37f2iq(a)4ax.com... > I guess that's why I've done it that way multiple times, for a family > member who actually uses Outlook for God knows what reason, and has > changed computers multiple times, and it didn't "corrupt" anything. > And I guess you enjoy using a product that you claim "corrupts" files > for absolutely no good reason. Two for two on Microsoft Office > lameness. I think "corrupt" is too strong. It's undeniable, however, that importing and exporting _change_ the data. It's undeniable also that importing and exporting leaves out some of the data, like links between contacts and calendar events, Distribution Lists, and other metadata. Importing and Exporting is for moving data between Outlook and other non-Outlook programs, not for moving data between Outlook instances. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
From: Tom Willett on 1 Apr 2010 10:55
Perhaps sometimes with some people, but not all the time, nor most of the time. Our company did it numerous times with numerous flavors of Outlook many many times over the years. Not one iota of corruption. But, we have discontinued using Outlook anyway. "Peter Foldes" <okf22(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:e6GIWAa0KHA.364(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... : Alias : : You were correct with your answer to the OP in the alt.group. Importing and : Exporting will corrupt the files : : -- : Peter : : Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others : Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. : : "Alias" <aka(a)masked&anonymous.com.invalido> wrote in message : news:hp26ve$uoo$3(a)news.eternal-september.org... : > Joel wrote: : >> Alias <aka(a)masked&anonymous.com.invalido> wrote: : >> : >>>> It's been a long time since I used Office 2000, but there should be an : >>>> export function in Outlook 2000 that creates one gigantic PST file : >>>> that can then be imported into his new copy of Outlook. I'd at least : >>>> try it that way first. : >>> And you would have advised the OP to do a very stupid thing. PST files must be : >>> *opened*, not imported. Outlook 2000 has the old type of .pst file which has a : >>> limit of 2 gigs. The new .pst files have no limit and are set by default to 20 : >>> gigs. The .pst file doesn't need to be exported. It needs to be copied to : >>> external media and then pasted into the new computer where, after installing : >>> Outlook 07, one should go to File/Open/Personal data file and navigate to where : >>> the .pst was pasted and open it. Then one can move all the emails to the new : >>> .pst file and then close the old one. : >> : >> : >> Importing does not keep using the exported PST file copied from the : >> old computer - it just imports the data into the new installation. It : >> will be saved by Outlook 2007 natively. Your method is really more : >> complex. As long as the export is done with all folders selected for : >> exporting, it's a cleaner method for transferring - it does take time : >> to build the exported PST on the old computer, but one can just let it : >> work in the background until it's done. : >> : > : > I wonder what the good folks in microsoft.public.outlook think of this : > exporting/importing method. : > : > -- : > Alias : |