TreeDoctor wrote:

3) Do not try to transfer your folders from your original .pst file
to the new one, or you are bound for disaster.

I'd disagree with this. I've done it many times and it always works. I've
outlined my procedure multiple times in this newsgroup.

Rather, designate
your original .pst (i.e. the one that was copied from your old
computer and (re-)opened in your new one) to receive incoming mail,
per instructions above. After closing Outllook, and reopening, you
can then "Remove" your new .pst file, using "File Management". At
some point along the way, your original .pst will automatically
become your "Outlook Today" folder. (If there's another way to do
this, Microsoft is keeping it a secret.)

Designating the old PST as the delivery location and then stopping and
restarting Outlook is how the old PST becomes the "Outlook Today" PST.

4) An additional detail not referred to above is that if you try to
open OR import a .pst file that was CREATED IN Outlook 2003 into
Outlook 2002, you may encounter compatibility problems.

Not "may". "Will:. You cannot employ a Unicode PST in Outlook 2002 or
earlier. Period.

The reason I
know this is that I was not able to move directly into my new
computer (where I eventually reinstalled Outlook 2002), but had to
set up temporarily in a borrowed computer which had Outlook 2003
installed. I was able to open my original Outlook 2002 .pst file
into Outlook 2003; Then, incredibly, I was able to open this same
file in my new installation of Outlook 2002, even though it had been
modified in Outlook 2003. However, I was NOT able to import a new
.pst file that I had created in Outlook 2003. Not sure why.

Because Outlook 2002 and earlier cannot handle Unicode PSTs, only ANSI PSTs.

Finally.... to the team at Microsoft who designed the user
interface and "Settings" for Outlook... I'd like to tell you what I
think of you and your program (which I am FORCED to use, for reasons
of compatibility with co-workers)... but it would NEVER pass the
scrutiny of whoever monitors this message board, so you'll just have
to use your imagination.

The newsgroup isn't moderated. Speak your mind.
--
Brian Tillman