[mso] Re: Importing a large PST file question
- From: "Hough, John" <jhough@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 12:47:52 -0700
Thanks for the info Linda.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linda F. Johnson [mailto:linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 12:06 PM
> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mso] Re: Importing a large PST file question
>
>
> Do not "import" it....Just go to File>Open in Outlook and
> choose Personal File Folder (if you are using Outlook 2000)
> or Outlook Data File (if you are using Outlook 2002)....if
> you just open it, it remains a separate pst...and you need to
> keep it separate cuz Outlook will not open any pst over 2gig
> in size (so you may want to tell that user with the 1.4gig
> pst to do some archiving soon cuz he's getting dangerously
> close)...if the pst gets to 2gig, Outlook will just stop
> functioning and he won't be able to open his pst at all.
>
> Opening two pst files in Outlook does not "merge" them...it's
> just two psts open at the same time...so yes, he can copy
> that file to his own hard drive and open it from there.
>
>
> Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS
> Linda's Computer Stop
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>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hough, > John
>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 2:46 PM
> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mso] Importing a large PST file question
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a large PST file (1.4gb) containing a client's outlook
> contents, and I need to import it into a users outlook so he
> can read the data in it. If I do this with the file on his
> local drive, will Outlook merge that data at all with his
> exchange mailbox? Or will it keep the data seperate and
> access it from the file on his hard drive? My server hard
> drive space is getting low and I'd prefer not to chance it by
> adding 1.4gb of data to it if I can avoid it. Thanks.
>
> John Hough - Systems Director
>
>
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