Exporting Emails

Outllook 2000

[fashezee]

How can I export all my emails along with their respective folders in one shot?

Someone had posted the solution some time back; having to do with copying a certain file?

[oilman]

Outlook has a built in Import/Export Wizard it's under the File menu. You can export to a variety of formats depending on what you need.

[fashezee]

For sure!

However, if you have several folders; you must export them one by one,
I'm looking for a method to export my entire inbox including
messages and folders in one shot.

[bcolflesh]

Do a search on your drive for *.pst - these hold all the mail.

Regards,
Brent

[Mardi_Gras]

Well, the messages would normally all be contained in a *.pst folder (if you're not on Exchange). If all you want to do is move them, that would be the file to copy. But if you truly want to export them, you may need to use the export wizard.

[bcolflesh]

Almost forgot - get the *.pab file from the same directory as well.

[fashezee]

I cannot copy the .pst file! It says it's in use whenever I try to copy it. I am sure
that there is no application that is using it? Any suggestions?

[aspdaddy]

fashezee, its in use whenever outlook is open.

This file contains *everything* , I have imported this before when installing a new outlook client and it works perfect. I carry this file on pen drive as well as its a full backup.

Never needed the pab file, is it a windows address book, or maybe for outlook exhange?

[Mardi_Gras]

This file contains *everything*

Well, not exactly :) - although it does contain all that most people would need to back up. However, the .pst file doesn't contain any custom forms or rules. I have those backed up once and stored away, then I just back up the .pst file on a regular basis.

[dragonlady7]

I wish I'd known that when my hard drive died and I had about one login session to find all my essential files.
By the time I found the .pst file, it was past one a.m. and I was so tired I DELETED IT.

I still have bruises from kicking myself.
Years and years of correspondence... flushed. S*cks, man...

Good luck. I've learned to keep backups. :/

[gangstah]

Open Outlook / File / Import and Export / Export to a File / Next / Personal Folder (.pst) / Next / Click Personal Folders / check Include Subfolders / Next / Finish

[bilalak]

Just export the top personal folders
U should close Outlook to move the pst file or copy it

Luck

[aspdaddy]

>custom forms or rules

Thats a very good point. Stationary, signitures and vba code are among other things not stored in the .pst.

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