I'm not confused, I've always used .PST files to transfer my emails. It even
keeps the folder structure. I'm not saying there's no other way to do it,
but for you to suggest I'm somehow ignorant for doing it this way for the
past 10 years was ignorant in and of itself.

Clearly I'm not going to get much cooperation from Russ, but if anyone else
wants to help me transfer POP account info + rules, I'd appreciate.

"Russ Valentine" wrote in message
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If you think you should use archive.pst to transfer your emails, then you
are already confused. Archive.pst contains only the email you no longer
need.
Suggest reading the countless posts here that tell you how to transfer
your current Outlook data. That's what you need to do.
You cannot transfer your account data reliably. You should recreate your
accounts from scratch.
Rules will transfer with your PST file, but you will need to reset them to
the new location before they'll work.
--
Russ Valentine
"Johnny Fever" wrote in message
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Hi,

I am migrating to a new computer, and would like to transfer my Outlook
2007 stuff.

I already know how to transfer the emails themselves (via archive-pst)
but I'd also like to transfer the various account info (I have a dozen
different POP3 email accounts that Outlook manages) as well as the
created RULES I'd like to keep using on the new machine.

How do I transfer the accounts (all the POP3 info) + various rules?

(I don't think it matters, but just in case : old computer = WinXP 32 /
new computer = Win7 64.)

Thanks!