I just bought a new computer and it has the newest version of Outlook (2003). My old computer has Outlook 2000 and it's been my email program for quite a long time. I don't know how to export my email messages and folders from Outlook 2000 on my old computer to the new computer with Outlook 2003. I know that there is an import and export feature in the file menu, but i'm not sure that this one large export file will transfer all of my folders and messages to my new machine.

Can someone tell me the best way to transfer my email messages and folders to my new machine?

Thanks,
SCCues

Hi SCCues,

I faced the same ‘problem’, but found out a simple way to tackle it. First I made a copy of my old PST file (there is all the data you saved in Outlook; emails, appointments, rules etc.) and put it in a save place (you can burn it on a CD for example). When I opened Outlook 2003 for the first time, I cancelled al the operations and closed Outlook. Then I deleted the PST file Outlook 2003 created, and opened Outlook again. Now it cannot find the PST file and it asks to locate the PST file. Here you point out to your old PST file with all the data and you are ready. Maybe you have to make a few adjustments, but you will find the folders you made and your emails. You don’t have to start the rules wizard because there still effective, though you have activate (some of) them.

Succes Dtone

I have been using it. I'll suggest you outlook express missing folders and recover dbx

I do the same thing as Dtone's. I just copy the .pst file from my old Outlook. But what I do is just set up a new folder for my .pst file and just open it from outlook --> File -> Open -> Outlook Data File. I get all the folders from it including the address book. This is one reason why I chose to use Microsoft Outlook over Outlook Express. I just delete everything else that I don't need.

You can just copy the PST file of Outlook 2000 and Open it in Outlook 2003 and you will get all the emails there in Outlook 2003. But still the PST remains in the format of Outlook 2000 - ANSI format, which has got the file size limit of 2 GB. So if in future once your PST grows above 2 GB it will get corrupt. So you need to upgrade the Outlook 2000 PST file to Outlook 2003 - Unicode file format having a limit of 20 GB.

Get the PSTUPGRADE tool to quickly upgrade older Outlook 2000 PST files to Outlook 2003 files having bigger size limit. Download the software from http://www.pstupgrade.com