Migrating Outlook Express to Outlook 2003 with > 2 GB data

[Quartz-1]

I have the task of migrating an email system from Outlook Express on an old PC to Outlook 2003 on a newer PC. Both PCs run Windows XP SP3. The older PC also has Outlook 2000. Basically the software is so old I've forgotten how to do it!

When I try to export the email from Outlook Express on the old PC in toto, it fails - Outlook Express hangs - because the total email size is > 2 GB. I'm aware that I can export subsections of the mail: I'm thinking of splitting it into Inbox and Sent. When I initiate the export process I do not get asked for a file name. I do not recall if the export process will append or replace. So how can I export the email from Outlook Express to multiple PSTs?

 

[bigdogchris]

Make sure the deleted and junk folders are empty. Also, ask the user if you can delete the sent mail, up to a certain point (say 30 days). That should help reduce the size of the data.

The other option would to just manually grab the PST file from the users folder:

C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\

Then create the user in 2003, and select to import the PST.

 

[Quartz-1]

I'm exporting from Outlook Express, not Outlook.

 

[bigdogchris]

You can still copy the dbx and import into Outlook.