importing email and contacts from a file

[mgm]

I'm running Outlook 2007 and want to import my mail and contacts (address
book) from the saved files of my older outlook. I've already been using
Outlook for a few weeks and I was wondering if I can merge the existing
e-mails with the mails in the file?
Is it possible?

Thank you!
mgm

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Never import Outlook data.
To merge the files, just open the older file and copy what you want from it
into the new file.

 

[mgm]

But why? I've always imported when changing versions or just needing to
re-import due to re-installation. If there is a valid reason why not -
could you please explain why? I don't want to be doing something that could
damage the data I have, etc.

Also, when you say "just open the older file and copy.." what I want, what
file would that be, and how would I actually do that Mr. Valentine?

mgm

Never import Outlook data.
To merge the files, just open the older file and copy what you want from
it into the new file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I'm running Outlook 2007 and want to import my mail and contacts (address
book) from the saved files of my older outlook. I've already been using
Outlook for a few weeks and I was wondering if I can merge the existing
e-mails with the mails in the file?
Is it possible?

Thank you!
mgm

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

All of these answers have been posted here countless times. Never hurts to
read before posting.
Importing an entire PST will corrupt your Outlook profile. Importing PST's
will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists
Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.

How do you open a PST file?
File > Open > Outlook Data file.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

But why? I've always imported when changing versions or just needing to
re-import due to re-installation. If there is a valid reason why not -
could you please explain why? I don't want to be doing something that
could damage the data I have, etc.

Also, when you say "just open the older file and copy.." what I want, what
file would that be, and how would I actually do that Mr. Valentine?

mgm

Never import Outlook data.
To merge the files, just open the older file and copy what you want from
it into the new file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I'm running Outlook 2007 and want to import my mail and contacts
(address book) from the saved files of my older outlook. I've already
been using Outlook for a few weeks and I was wondering if I can merge
the existing e-mails with the mails in the file?
Is it possible?

Thank you!
mgm

 

[Gordon]

But why? I've always imported when changing versions or just needing to
re-import due to re-installation.

Then you've been extremely lucky not to have experienced any sort of data
loss or corruption of any kind...