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Question; Somone Told me is a NO NO to import a .pst into a Exchange Mailbox?



 
 
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  #1  
Old August 7th 06, 03:57 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Russ SBITS.Biz \(MCP SBS\)
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Default Question; Somone Told me is a NO NO to import a .pst into a Exchange Mailbox?

Someone Told me is a NO NO to import a .pst into a Exchange Mailbox?

Like it can cause problems importing a .pst into a person who is connected
to an exchange server.
Can you tell me what happens and why it's not a good idea?
Any MS articles would be nice..

Thanks in Advance
Russ

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SBITS.Biz
Enterprise Solutions for Small Business
Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist.
MCP, MCPS MCNPS, (MCP-SBS)
Portland/Beaverton Oregon USA
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Old August 7th 06, 04:54 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
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Default Question; Somone Told me is a NO NO to import a .pst into a Exchange Mailbox?

Aloha Russ SBITS.Biz (MCP SBS),


Don't know who told you that - I've done it lots of times with no difficulty.
How would that person propose that a user who is going from a PST file to
a new Exchange server get their existing items into their mailbox?

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

Someone Told me is a NO NO to import a .pst into a Exchange Mailbox?

Like it can cause problems importing a .pst into a person who is
connected
to an exchange server.
Can you tell me what happens and why it's not a good idea?
Any MS articles would be nice..
Thanks in Advance
Russ



  #3  
Old August 7th 06, 06:03 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Russ SBITS.Biz \(MCP SBS\)
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Posts: 4
Default Question; Somone Told me is a NO NO to import a .pst into a Exchange Mailbox?

Hi Ben,

Ya My First Post here! I'm an SBSer So I stick out there most of the time.
microsoft.public.windows.server.SBS (Wonderful Product by the way, easy as
Pie)

That's what I was trying to understand also.
I mean unless you import the whole mail store from another server, what can
you do?
(Have them POP3 Send everything? EW that would be UGLY)

Maybe There's someone else who has heard this?
I was kind of shocked when I heard it, because I've done it millions of
times.
(OK not millions, but you know what I mean.)

I'm hoping someone else will post also.
(Not that I don't believe you, but I have the same Opinion as yours.)

I just want to make sure I'm not going to @#@#$ things up...

Hey I have no problem changing my habits, I just want to do it the right
way...

Thanks
Anyone Else have 2 cents?

Russ



--

Russell Grover
SBITS.Biz
Enterprise Solutions for Small Business
Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist.
MCP, MCPS MCNPS, (MCP-SBS)
Portland/Beaverton Oregon USA
Support @ SBITS.Biz
Live Support with SBS2003
http://www.sbits.biz/livehelp/
http://www.SBITS.Biz


"Ben M. Schorr - MVP" wrote in message
.com...
Aloha Russ SBITS.Biz (MCP SBS),


Don't know who told you that - I've done it lots of times with no
difficulty. How would that person propose that a user who is going from a
PST file to a new Exchange server get their existing items into their
mailbox?

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

Someone Told me is a NO NO to import a .pst into a Exchange Mailbox?

Like it can cause problems importing a .pst into a person who is
connected
to an exchange server.
Can you tell me what happens and why it's not a good idea?
Any MS articles would be nice..
Thanks in Advance
Russ





  #4  
Old August 8th 06, 01:50 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]
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Default Question; Somone Told me is a NO NO to import a .pst into a Exchange Mailbox?

Importing an old .PST to a new .PST is the NO-NO part, doing so often causes
the Outlook profile to corrupt. What works for this instance and would work
just fine with an Exchange Server mailbox is to open the .PST with Outlook
then COPY (select, drag, & drop) the contents into the new .PST (or mailbox
in this case). With Outlook 2003, creating a new profile creates a new,
empty .PST and folks get into trouble when they import rather than copy the
contents of their old .PST into the new one. I'll accept Ben's words that
importing a .PST into an Exchange mailbox doesn't pose the same profile
corruption problem.

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE --
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"Russ SBITS.Biz (MCP SBS)" wrote in message
...
Hi Ben,

Ya My First Post here! I'm an SBSer So I stick out there most of the

time.
microsoft.public.windows.server.SBS (Wonderful Product by the way, easy as
Pie)

That's what I was trying to understand also.
I mean unless you import the whole mail store from another server, what

can
you do?
(Have them POP3 Send everything? EW that would be UGLY)

Maybe There's someone else who has heard this?
I was kind of shocked when I heard it, because I've done it millions of
times.
(OK not millions, but you know what I mean.)

I'm hoping someone else will post also.
(Not that I don't believe you, but I have the same Opinion as yours.)

I just want to make sure I'm not going to @#@#$ things up...

Hey I have no problem changing my habits, I just want to do it the right
way...

Thanks
Anyone Else have 2 cents?

Russ



--

Russell Grover
SBITS.Biz
Enterprise Solutions for Small Business
Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist.
MCP, MCPS MCNPS, (MCP-SBS)
Portland/Beaverton Oregon USA
Support @ SBITS.Biz
Live Support with SBS2003
http://www.sbits.biz/livehelp/
http://www.SBITS.Biz


"Ben M. Schorr - MVP" wrote in message
.com...
Aloha Russ SBITS.Biz (MCP SBS),


Don't know who told you that - I've done it lots of times with no
difficulty. How would that person propose that a user who is going from

a
PST file to a new Exchange server get their existing items into their
mailbox?

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

Someone Told me is a NO NO to import a .pst into a Exchange Mailbox?

Like it can cause problems importing a .pst into a person who is
connected
to an exchange server.
Can you tell me what happens and why it's not a good idea?
Any MS articles would be nice..
Thanks in Advance
Russ







  #5  
Old August 8th 06, 08:01 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Russ SBITS.Biz \(MCP SBS\)
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 4
Default Question; Somone Told me is a NO NO to import a .pst into a Exchange Mailbox?

OK I understand the .PST to a .PST
but the exchange I'm so Confused..
(Maybe that person was mistaken and thought it was PST to PST

But on Exchange?
Why Was Exmerge Created if it's a crappy Idea?
Things that make you go Hmm...

Thanks

--
Russell Grover
SBITS.Biz
Enterprise Solutions for Small Business
Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist.
MCP, MCPS MCNPS, (MCP-SBS)
Portland/Beaverton Oregon USA
Live Support
http://www.sbits.biz/livehelp
Support @ SBITS.Biz
http://www.SBITS.Biz


"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote in message
...
Importing an old .PST to a new .PST is the NO-NO part, doing so often
causes
the Outlook profile to corrupt. What works for this instance and would
work
just fine with an Exchange Server mailbox is to open the .PST with Outlook
then COPY (select, drag, & drop) the contents into the new .PST (or
mailbox
in this case). With Outlook 2003, creating a new profile creates a new,
empty .PST and folks get into trouble when they import rather than copy
the
contents of their old .PST into the new one. I'll accept Ben's words that
importing a .PST into an Exchange mailbox doesn't pose the same profile
corruption problem.

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE --
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"Russ SBITS.Biz (MCP SBS)" wrote in message
...
Hi Ben,

Ya My First Post here! I'm an SBSer So I stick out there most of the

time.
microsoft.public.windows.server.SBS (Wonderful Product by the way, easy
as
Pie)

That's what I was trying to understand also.
I mean unless you import the whole mail store from another server, what

can
you do?
(Have them POP3 Send everything? EW that would be UGLY)

Maybe There's someone else who has heard this?
I was kind of shocked when I heard it, because I've done it millions of
times.
(OK not millions, but you know what I mean.)

I'm hoping someone else will post also.
(Not that I don't believe you, but I have the same Opinion as yours.)

I just want to make sure I'm not going to @#@#$ things up...

Hey I have no problem changing my habits, I just want to do it the right
way...

Thanks
Anyone Else have 2 cents?

Russ



--

Russell Grover
SBITS.Biz
Enterprise Solutions for Small Business
Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist.
MCP, MCPS MCNPS, (MCP-SBS)
Portland/Beaverton Oregon USA
Support @ SBITS.Biz
Live Support with SBS2003
http://www.sbits.biz/livehelp/
http://www.SBITS.Biz


"Ben M. Schorr - MVP" wrote in message
.com...
Aloha Russ SBITS.Biz (MCP SBS),


Don't know who told you that - I've done it lots of times with no
difficulty. How would that person propose that a user who is going from

a
PST file to a new Exchange server get their existing items into their
mailbox?

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

Someone Told me is a NO NO to import a .pst into a Exchange Mailbox?

Like it can cause problems importing a .pst into a person who is
connected
to an exchange server.
Can you tell me what happens and why it's not a good idea?
Any MS articles would be nice..
Thanks in Advance
Russ








  #6  
Old August 9th 06, 03:56 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 958
Default Question; Somone Told me is a NO NO to import a .pst into a Exchange Mailbox?

Exmerge is a completely different entity than Outlook's Import/Export
feature and it's Outlook's Import ability (or lack thereof) that causes
problems.

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE --
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"Russ SBITS.Biz (MCP SBS)" wrote in message
...
OK I understand the .PST to a .PST
but the exchange I'm so Confused..
(Maybe that person was mistaken and thought it was PST to PST

But on Exchange?
Why Was Exmerge Created if it's a crappy Idea?
Things that make you go Hmm...

Thanks

--
Russell Grover
SBITS.Biz
Enterprise Solutions for Small Business
Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist.
MCP, MCPS MCNPS, (MCP-SBS)
Portland/Beaverton Oregon USA
Live Support
http://www.sbits.biz/livehelp
Support @ SBITS.Biz
http://www.SBITS.Biz


"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote in message
...
Importing an old .PST to a new .PST is the NO-NO part, doing so often
causes
the Outlook profile to corrupt. What works for this instance and would
work
just fine with an Exchange Server mailbox is to open the .PST with

Outlook
then COPY (select, drag, & drop) the contents into the new .PST (or
mailbox
in this case). With Outlook 2003, creating a new profile creates a new,
empty .PST and folks get into trouble when they import rather than copy
the
contents of their old .PST into the new one. I'll accept Ben's words

that
importing a .PST into an Exchange mailbox doesn't pose the same profile
corruption problem.

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE --
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"Russ SBITS.Biz (MCP SBS)" wrote in

message
...
Hi Ben,

Ya My First Post here! I'm an SBSer So I stick out there most of the

time.
microsoft.public.windows.server.SBS (Wonderful Product by the way, easy
as
Pie)

That's what I was trying to understand also.
I mean unless you import the whole mail store from another server, what

can
you do?
(Have them POP3 Send everything? EW that would be UGLY)

Maybe There's someone else who has heard this?
I was kind of shocked when I heard it, because I've done it millions of
times.
(OK not millions, but you know what I mean.)

I'm hoping someone else will post also.
(Not that I don't believe you, but I have the same Opinion as yours.)

I just want to make sure I'm not going to @#@#$ things up...

Hey I have no problem changing my habits, I just want to do it the

right
way...

Thanks
Anyone Else have 2 cents?

Russ



--

Russell Grover
SBITS.Biz
Enterprise Solutions for Small Business
Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist.
MCP, MCPS MCNPS, (MCP-SBS)
Portland/Beaverton Oregon USA
Support @ SBITS.Biz
Live Support with SBS2003
http://www.sbits.biz/livehelp/
http://www.SBITS.Biz


"Ben M. Schorr - MVP" wrote in message
.com...
Aloha Russ SBITS.Biz (MCP SBS),


Don't know who told you that - I've done it lots of times with no
difficulty. How would that person propose that a user who is going

from
a
PST file to a new Exchange server get their existing items into their
mailbox?

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

Someone Told me is a NO NO to import a .pst into a Exchange Mailbox?

Like it can cause problems importing a .pst into a person who is
connected
to an exchange server.
Can you tell me what happens and why it's not a good idea?
Any MS articles would be nice..
Thanks in Advance
Russ










 




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