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[brooklyngooner]

What's the easiest and best way to basically save and migrate a bunch of emails from one Outlook to another? I'm setting up a new comp for my gf and she needs her old emails.

 

[bishoptl]

I'm going to assume that Outlook works the same as Outlook Express, which I use...just select all the mail in the Inbox and drag it into a folder. Burn said folder to a CD, then drag them back in when you reinstall Outlook.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

I think you can export/import the entire mailbox.

 

[brooklyngooner]

Are you sure, there's no .pst file to copy or something?

 

[Raxel]

Yup, export the mailbox to pst format. I've been doing this for the last week at work in preparation for an outlook 2003 migration :/

 

[AirBrian]

PST is the easiest route IMO.

File --> Import and Export... --> Export to File --> .pst file --> Choose your folder and go.

(Or something like that depending on your Outlook version.)

Then once it's saved, simply goto File --> Import and Export... --> Import from another program or file... --> .pst file --> Choose where you want it.

 

[brooklyngooner]

Would a .pst fit on a floppy? Her comp isn't networked and she doesn't have a burner, it's an old comp. No way I bet.

 

[AirBrian]

Would a .pst fit on a floppy? Her comp isn't networked and she doesn't have a burner, it's an old comp. No way I bet.

It depends on the number of emails and the size of attachments. PST files are usually very large, so I'd say no. A somewhat cheap alternative is to create the PST files (it won't hurt anything), and see how big they are. Once you know the size, buy a cheap USB drive -- usually $20-30 for 128 MB.