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I've read here several times that it is DANGEROUS to import data and
to NEVER do it. So I clicked customize my toolbar and changed the
name of the File Import & Export Data command to:

File Export DATA ONLY (do NOT ever import!) ...

Hopefully this will remind me to NEVER import data. Have I got it
right?

(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])

Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a ghost
PST that you can't close. 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.