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Create personal folder on outlookXP

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by ninzarua

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I'm using outlookXP/exchange mail at work. I copied all my .pst files from my old drive and put on network drive. When I import the .pst files from network drive to my inbox on new computer, the error display "the operation failed because your mailbox exceeded limit". How can I create personal folder on outlookXP and import al my .pst files???
Please help. Thanks.

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by catmanth

It looks, that you are useing now an exchange server for storing your emails. If this is right, then it is possible, that the exchange administrator has limited your mailbox size. Normally you dont have this problem. I've imported here in the company a .pst file with 2.8 GB !!!! into the exchange server - also XP and Office XP, no problem. So therefore, it must be a restriction from the administrator. Try to talk with him, or maybe better, use both ways. Use the exchangange mailbox and the .pstfile mailbox in one profile. Than you can seperate the emails by different issues.
If there is not a problem with the exchange server, give me a short notice, I hope I've an idea then :)
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by ann777

Maybe I don't exactly know what you are trying to do. It sounds as if you want to attach your backup PST files to Outlook XP.

If that's the case, all you need to do is copy the PST file to it's permanent location on the hdd, and then in Outlook XP go to Tools --> Options --> Mail Setup --> Data Files --> Add and follow the prompts to attach the PST file to your Outlook.

The PST file will work in Outlook XP -- no "import" is needed.

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