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First, I can't find the thread that was helping me with a hidden file problem
while trying to find a .pst file. The advice was great and solved the
problem.
What we're trying to do is move the email from an old laptop to a new one.
The old laptop is from an environment that had Exchange so the bulk of the
email is in an .ost file (the .pst contains no data).
The new laptop has never been part of an Exchange environment so the data is
in a .pst file.
One way to get the email moved over is, from inside Outlook on the old
laptop, copy folders from the .ost to the .pst. It's a bit tedious but it
seems to work. Once the .pst is ready it's simply a matter of copying the
file to the Local Settings area on the new laptop and telling Mail to include
it.
The question is: can we simply copy the original .ost file to the Local
Settings area on the new laptop and somehow tell Mail to include it? There
will be no reason to ever use the data in the .ost other than to read it.
Eventually the email will be deleted and sooner or later the old .pst file
can be removed and deleted.
When you add a file in Mail it wants to know whether its a .pst (or whatever
that old Outlook format was). So if you select .pst but select the .ost will
the data be included the next time Outlook is opened?
Sure would be faster....
Thanks
Tom
while trying to find a .pst file. The advice was great and solved the
problem.
What we're trying to do is move the email from an old laptop to a new one.
The old laptop is from an environment that had Exchange so the bulk of the
email is in an .ost file (the .pst contains no data).
The new laptop has never been part of an Exchange environment so the data is
in a .pst file.
One way to get the email moved over is, from inside Outlook on the old
laptop, copy folders from the .ost to the .pst. It's a bit tedious but it
seems to work. Once the .pst is ready it's simply a matter of copying the
file to the Local Settings area on the new laptop and telling Mail to include
it.
The question is: can we simply copy the original .ost file to the Local
Settings area on the new laptop and somehow tell Mail to include it? There
will be no reason to ever use the data in the .ost other than to read it.
Eventually the email will be deleted and sooner or later the old .pst file
can be removed and deleted.
When you add a file in Mail it wants to know whether its a .pst (or whatever
that old Outlook format was). So if you select .pst but select the .ost will
the data be included the next time Outlook is opened?
Sure would be faster....
Thanks
Tom