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Moving email account details when moving pst file
I have outlook 2007 and a Hotmail account.
When I set up a new hotmail account, Outlook creates a new pst on my C: drive. I want to have the email account point to a copy of the pst that I have made on another drive. I know how to copy pst files and have outlook point to them, but I don't know how to re-associate the email to the copied pst; instead Outlook insists on retaining the email account association to the original C: drive pst. Can someone tell me how this can be done? |
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Moving email account details when moving pst file
Pst-files for a Hotmail account are unique and cannot be moved or shared
with another Hotmail account. As it is just a cache of your on-line mailbox, there is no direct need to move this file anyway. If you need to access an additional pst-file, you can connect to it via; File- Open- Outlook Data File... -- Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more http://www.msoutlook.info/ Real World Questions, Real World Answers ----- "efandango" wrote in message ... I have outlook 2007 and a Hotmail account. When I set up a new hotmail account, Outlook creates a new pst on my C: drive. I want to have the email account point to a copy of the pst that I have made on another drive. I know how to copy pst files and have outlook point to them, but I don't know how to re-associate the email to the copied pst; instead Outlook insists on retaining the email account association to the original C: drive pst. Can someone tell me how this can be done? |
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Moving email account details when moving pst file
Robert,
Thanks for replying. The only reason I have for wanting to have a 'portable' pst hotmail file is that I have previously suffered system crashes on my local drive and have had to do a wipeover reinstall of xp, and have subsequently lost my saved hotmail files. I suppose the best way around this is to copy them to my 'personal folders/pst file' that is stored on another more secure drive. Do you know if this can be achieved automatically with the new 'Outlook Connector' which I understand has an expanded feature set. "Roady [MVP]" wrote: Pst-files for a Hotmail account are unique and cannot be moved or shared with another Hotmail account. As it is just a cache of your on-line mailbox, there is no direct need to move this file anyway. If you need to access an additional pst-file, you can connect to it via; File- Open- Outlook Data File... -- Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more http://www.msoutlook.info/ Real World Questions, Real World Answers ----- "efandango" wrote in message ... I have outlook 2007 and a Hotmail account. When I set up a new hotmail account, Outlook creates a new pst on my C: drive. I want to have the email account point to a copy of the pst that I have made on another drive. I know how to copy pst files and have outlook point to them, but I don't know how to re-associate the email to the copied pst; instead Outlook insists on retaining the email account association to the original C: drive pst. Can someone tell me how this can be done? |
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Moving email account details when moving pst file
As Hotmail messages are kept on the server, you won't lose anything from a
local reinstall. After you reinstall your computer, reconnect to the Hotmail account and a new local cache of your items in Hotmail are automatically copied from the server to your computer again. Or are you saying that you were connecting to Hotmail via POP3 or moved your messages out of the Hotmail mailbox? -- Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more http://www.msoutlook.info/ Real World Questions, Real World Answers ----- "efandango" wrote in message ... Robert, Thanks for replying. The only reason I have for wanting to have a 'portable' pst hotmail file is that I have previously suffered system crashes on my local drive and have had to do a wipeover reinstall of xp, and have subsequently lost my saved hotmail files. I suppose the best way around this is to copy them to my 'personal folders/pst file' that is stored on another more secure drive. Do you know if this can be achieved automatically with the new 'Outlook Connector' which I understand has an expanded feature set. "Roady [MVP]" wrote: Pst-files for a Hotmail account are unique and cannot be moved or shared with another Hotmail account. As it is just a cache of your on-line mailbox, there is no direct need to move this file anyway. If you need to access an additional pst-file, you can connect to it via; File- Open- Outlook Data File... -- Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more http://www.msoutlook.info/ Real World Questions, Real World Answers ----- "efandango" wrote in message ... I have outlook 2007 and a Hotmail account. When I set up a new hotmail account, Outlook creates a new pst on my C: drive. I want to have the email account point to a copy of the pst that I have made on another drive. I know how to copy pst files and have outlook point to them, but I don't know how to re-associate the email to the copied pst; instead Outlook insists on retaining the email account association to the original C: drive pst. Can someone tell me how this can be done? |
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