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by fisheye121

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hello,
I know this is possible, I just can't remember how to do it. We just got new laptops at my company and I need to transfer everyone emails from their POP3 accounts from their current desktops to the laptops. We are no longer going to use the desktops at all. Some use Outlook and some use Outlook Express. This way, anything that is in their current inbox or saved in folders will be available on the laptops. Thanks for any suggestions.

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by benwagg

If you have an Exchange server, their messages should be there when they connect from the laptop with their profile.

If no Exchange server, Outlook stores the user's data (messages, contacts, etc.) in a PST file which can be just copied from one computer to the next. By default, Outlook puts the PST file in (on Win2k) "C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook". On Win9x look in the "Windows\Local Settings" directory. I normally change this default for each user to "My Documents\My Email\.pst". Depending on the services you configured in the user profiles, Outlook may also reference a personal address book (*.pab) and an archive file (*.pst).

Data files for Outlook Express are stored in "C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\\Microsoft\Outlook Express". Look for (*.dbx).

by gigelul

Hi,
About Outlook Express.
The safe way I can found was:
-export all messages to (Office) outlook.
-open Outlook and check if there are all messages.
-after that follow indications from previous answer

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