tim wrote:

will this not result in me losing all of my history , folders and
settings for my email

I don't know what you mean by history and I don't know what you mean by
setting for your mail, but is certainly won't lose the mail (or contacts or
calendar or...). Just use the Mail applet in Control Panel to point the new
profile at the existing PST. Ignore anyone who suggests what you'll need to
import it.
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Brian Tillman