microsoft.public.exchange.admin

zaz wrote:
> Lanwench,
>
> Thanks for the reply - just one thing - why to you say "not import!!"
> - as this was my next move on each of the PC's if I could not do the
> the job automatically. Is there a problem with import and does copy
> work better?

Never import in Outlook - you can end up with corrupt data. The Outlook MVPs
will likely back me up on this here, but check in m.p.outlook for
confirmation if you like. I always open | select | copy | paste (or select +
edit| copy to folder....).


> > I take your point on the group policy - I have made these changes now
> - its just the old stuff I need to "suck back into the fold".

Yep - not fun, is it.

>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> wrote in
> message news:%23Xm$VSGKIHA.4592@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> zaz wrote:
>>> I have a network of 100+ users running Exchange 2003 with Outlook
>>> 2003 and have become concerned that mail has been archived to local
>>> PST files. Is there a way (MS or 3rd party) to force these archived
>>> items back into the server mailbox store (either in the relevent
>>> user mailbox - or into any other another area on the server).
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Nope - it's out of managed storage. The users would need to open the
>> archive PST files & copy (not import!!) the data back into the
>> relevant folders in the mailbox.
>>
>> The only option you have on the server is to use exmerge, but you'd
>> have to copy all the PST files to a single folder on the
>> server/network, and ensure they were all named to match the alias
>> name of the mailbox (e.g., username.pst) - plus they can't be
>> unicode format or larger than about 1.8GB or exmerge can't handle them.
>>
>> You should use group policy to disable autoarchive & PST use in
>> Outlook (it's a bit of a pain).