Move Outlook Emails to Exchange Server

mundty

February 8, 2013 10:22:51 AM

The computer that was given to me at work wasn't setup properly, and stores the Outlook .pst files on the Local HD instead of the server. I'd like to move these to the server, but it seems like if I change the "deliver new email to the following location" prefer to the Server... it only affects new emails.

Can I manually move my .pst files to the correct directory on the server, and where would that be? If not, is there another way to go about doing this? I have admin privileges and can access all aspects of the server at my work.

Thanks for reading!

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The Stealthinator

February 8, 2013 1:04:44 PM

When all the new mail gets delivered to the server, where do those .pst files go? Try putting the .pst files of the old emails to the location where the new ones are.

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ex_bubblehead

February 8, 2013 3:30:00 PM

Do not put .pst files on a network share, that's a great way to corrupt the files beyond repair. It's also completely unsupported by Microsoft.

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The Stealthinator

February 9, 2013 12:13:23 AM

ex_bubblehead said:

Do not put .pst files on a network share, that's a great way to corrupt the files beyond repair.

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mundty

February 9, 2013 10:37:41 AM

So does anyone have any suggestions than? I find it hard to believe that someone who stored their emails locally have no such way of moving them to server storage.

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ex_bubblehead

February 9, 2013 1:08:58 PM

It's not rocket science. Open the .pst then drag/drop to the inbox. Assuming of course that you've configured large enough inboxes on the server.

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The Stealthinator

February 9, 2013 1:31:35 PM

ex_bubblehead said:

It's not rocket science.

Of course. That's why it isn't called rocket science...

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mundty

February 9, 2013 3:55:28 PM

ex_bubblehead said:

It's not rocket science. Open the .pst then drag/drop to the inbox. Assuming of course that you've configured large enough inboxes on the server.

I never suggested it was difficult or rocket science as you so eloquently put it... but I did ask what the best way was to do it.

I'll give this a try when I get back to work.

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MillerMack

February 14, 2013 9:20:23 AM

Hi,

If you still are not able to move your PST to the Live Exchange server then I can recommend you a third party tool which worked excellently for me. Besides this it also easily repaired in my corrupt EDB, and for knowing more features of the tool go to http://www.exchangemailboxrecovery.co.uk/

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elizerbethji

March 20, 2013 3:15:52 AM

pst files are just your local files. there's another copy on exchange server, so don't worry, you do not need to move them to server.

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