"Taj Lloyd Munson" <TajLloydMun***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:05CC6F9A-1117-4D09-A137-2DF9FB7E92D1@microsoft.com...
> Hi there-
> Need a quick hand. I'm moving from standalone POP clients running Outlook
to
> Exchange 2003 (with Outlook 2003). We've been on standalone for some time,
> and I have about 30 clients. Some mailboxes are in the 1GB size, and since
> they're attorneys, they can't delete things. But that's another story.
>
> I want to put in Exchange 2003. How can I get the contents of their pst
> files into the appropriate mailboxes? I've standardized the location of
the
> psts (they're all in an identically named folder off the user's home
> directory, on one server), but I need to get all the pst's into the
> appropriate Exchange mailbox.
>
> I've read about using Exmerge, but it's not clear how I will use it, given
> that the mailboxes are not in an Exchange server already. Also, I'm hoping
> for some automation tips, as manually running 30+ mailbox imports doesn't
> sound like fun, even if I could find out how...
>
> I could really use a hand.  I'd hoped to get this project completed in the
> next two weeks, but I'm at a bit of a stall out point, I don't want to
bring
> the exchange box up until I'm SURE that I can get the existing pst's
imported
> without loss of data.
>
>
> Thanks for your help-
> Taj
>
> Taj Lloyd Munson
> Operations Manager
> Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
> www.nwirp.org

> Hi there-
> Need a quick hand. I'm moving from standalone POP clients running
> Outlook to Exchange 2003 (with Outlook 2003). We've been on
> standalone for some time, and I have about 30 clients. Some mailboxes
> are in the 1GB size, and since they're attorneys, they can't delete
> things. But that's another story.
>
> I want to put in Exchange 2003. How can I get the contents of their
> pst files into the appropriate mailboxes? I've standardized the
> location of the psts (they're all in an identically named folder off
> the user's home directory, on one server), but I need to get all the
> pst's into the appropriate Exchange mailbox.
>
> I've read about using Exmerge, but it's not clear how I will use it,
> given that the mailboxes are not in an Exchange server already. Also,
> I'm hoping for some automation tips, as manually running 30+ mailbox
> imports doesn't sound like fun, even if I could find out how...
>
> I could really use a hand.  I'd hoped to get this project completed
> in the next two weeks, but I'm at a bit of a stall out point, I don't
> want to bring the exchange box up until I'm SURE that I can get the
> existing pst's imported without loss of data.
>
>
> Thanks for your help-
> Taj
>
> Taj Lloyd Munson
> Operations Manager
> Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
> www.nwirp.org

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> Taj Lloyd Munson wrote:
> > Hi there-
> > Need a quick hand. I'm moving from standalone POP clients running
> > Outlook to Exchange 2003 (with Outlook 2003). We've been on
> > standalone for some time, and I have about 30 clients. Some mailboxes
> > are in the 1GB size, and since they're attorneys, they can't delete
> > things. But that's another story.
> >
> > I want to put in Exchange 2003. How can I get the contents of their
> > pst files into the appropriate mailboxes? I've standardized the
> > location of the psts (they're all in an identically named folder off
> > the user's home directory, on one server), but I need to get all the
> > pst's into the appropriate Exchange mailbox.
> >
> > I've read about using Exmerge, but it's not clear how I will use it,
> > given that the mailboxes are not in an Exchange server already. Also,
> > I'm hoping for some automation tips, as manually running 30+ mailbox
> > imports doesn't sound like fun, even if I could find out how...
> >
> > I could really use a hand.  I'd hoped to get this project completed
> > in the next two weeks, but I'm at a bit of a stall out point, I don't
> > want to bring the exchange box up until I'm SURE that I can get the
> > existing pst's imported without loss of data.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your help-
> > Taj
> >
> > Taj Lloyd Munson
> > Operations Manager
> > Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
> > www.nwirp.org
>
> Exmerge will do what you want. Just copy the PST files to a central location
> on the network and name them to match the alias name of the mailbox you've
> created - as in, jbloggs.pst. If you've set quotas on the mail stores, be
> very careful.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=429163EC-DCDF-47DC-96DA-1C12D67327D5&displaylang=en
>
>
>
>

>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> Taj Lloyd Munson wrote:
>>> Hi there-
>>> Need a quick hand. I'm moving from standalone POP clients running
>>> Outlook to Exchange 2003 (with Outlook 2003). We've been on
>>> standalone for some time, and I have about 30 clients. Some
>>> mailboxes are in the 1GB size, and since they're attorneys, they
>>> can't delete things. But that's another story.
>>>
>>> I want to put in Exchange 2003. How can I get the contents of their
>>> pst files into the appropriate mailboxes? I've standardized the
>>> location of the psts (they're all in an identically named folder off
>>> the user's home directory, on one server), but I need to get all the
>>> pst's into the appropriate Exchange mailbox.
>>>
>>> I've read about using Exmerge, but it's not clear how I will use it,
>>> given that the mailboxes are not in an Exchange server already.
>>> Also, I'm hoping for some automation tips, as manually running 30+
>>> mailbox imports doesn't sound like fun, even if I could find out
>>> how...
>>>
>>> I could really use a hand.  I'd hoped to get this project completed
>>> in the next two weeks, but I'm at a bit of a stall out point, I
>>> don't want to bring the exchange box up until I'm SURE that I can
>>> get the existing pst's imported without loss of data.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help-
>>> Taj
>>>
>>> Taj Lloyd Munson
>>> Operations Manager
>>> Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
>>> www.nwirp.org
>>
>> Exmerge will do what you want. Just copy the PST files to a central
>> location on the network and name them to match the alias name of the
>> mailbox you've created - as in, jbloggs.pst. If you've set quotas on
>> the mail stores, be very careful.
>>
>>