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I am trying to upgrade from Outlook 2000 to Outlook 2003
on a new computer. When I attempt to export the data in
my email files (inbox, sent,etc.)I do not have
the "received" information exported - when mapping the
fields I am unable to map several of the email fields;
therefore, they are not exported. I have been unable to
find the normal email fields to use in my mapping. How
do I map normal email fields in an export operation? If
I do not export this information my new computer has no
idea when I received my old emails/
 
In the old days, the easiest way to keep all data and custom settings intact
was to simply re-use the existing .PST file on the new computer or in the
new version of Outlook -- importing tends to break things. Unfortunately
that's not as simple now since Outlook 2003 has a new Unicode format for
..PST files -- you can still use your old one if you wish, but you won't be
able to take advantage of the new Unicode features if you do.

The best thing you can do is to let Outlook 2003 create a fresh, new .PST
file in the new format, then open your old .PST file using File | Open |
Outlook Data File, and copy your data from the old file to the new. For
default folders, like the Inbox, switch to an unfiltered table view of the
folder, such as By Category, then select all items and copy them to the new
Inbox. Any user-created folders (subfolders, etc.) can be copied to the new
file in their entirety by dragging and dropping the folder itself.

There may be a few things that don't move over -- custom folder views, for
example. If you run into any problems, post back and we'll try to help you
figure out how you can fix it, if possible.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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