importing email and contacts from a file

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I'm running Outlook 2007 and want to import my mail and contacts (address
book) from the saved files of my older outlook. I've already been using
Outlook for a few weeks and I was wondering if I can merge the existing
e-mails with the mails in the file?
Is it possible?

Thank you!
mgm
 
Never import Outlook data.
To merge the files, just open the older file and copy what you want from it
into the new file.
 
But why? I've always imported when changing versions or just needing to
re-import due to re-installation. If there is a valid reason why not -
could you please explain why? I don't want to be doing something that could
damage the data I have, etc.

Also, when you say "just open the older file and copy.." what I want, what
file would that be, and how would I actually do that Mr. Valentine?

mgm

Russ Valentine said:
Never import Outlook data.
To merge the files, just open the older file and copy what you want from
it into the new file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
mgm said:
I'm running Outlook 2007 and want to import my mail and contacts (address
book) from the saved files of my older outlook. I've already been using
Outlook for a few weeks and I was wondering if I can merge the existing
e-mails with the mails in the file?
Is it possible?

Thank you!
mgm
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All of these answers have been posted here countless times. Never hurts to
read before posting.
Importing an entire PST will corrupt your Outlook profile. Importing PST's
will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists
Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.

How do you open a PST file?
File > Open > Outlook Data file.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
mgm said:
But why? I've always imported when changing versions or just needing to
re-import due to re-installation. If there is a valid reason why not -
could you please explain why? I don't want to be doing something that
could damage the data I have, etc.

Also, when you say "just open the older file and copy.." what I want, what
file would that be, and how would I actually do that Mr. Valentine?

mgm

Russ Valentine said:
Never import Outlook data.
To merge the files, just open the older file and copy what you want from
it into the new file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
mgm said:
I'm running Outlook 2007 and want to import my mail and contacts
(address book) from the saved files of my older outlook. I've already
been using Outlook for a few weeks and I was wondering if I can merge
the existing e-mails with the mails in the file?
Is it possible?

Thank you!
mgm
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mgm said:
But why? I've always imported when changing versions or just needing to
re-import due to re-installation.
Click to expand...

Then you've been extremely lucky not to have experienced any sort of data
loss or corruption of any kind...
 
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