[dba-Tech] non-Exchange Outlook users

[Susan Harkins]

Right now, I'm trying to go the Mail 365 route. After two hours, Mail is still importing messages I didn't know I still had. They didn't show up in gmail, so I don't know where they've been hanging out. ☹ What a mess. So far, I've deleted about 20,000 messages. They're still coming in. What a mess. 

But, the key was to turn on 2-step verification for my gmail accounts. I have three accounts, so this is going to be tedious. 

Once I'm good with the email, I'll try to connect with the calendar, tasks, and contacts. 

I think moving to a new system should be easier, but Outlook 2016 on the new laptop is a mess... and I never could get my contacts. Reading still a bit and it looks like exporting a cvs file instead of pst might have done a better job. I might follow up later, just to see. I wish I had experimented with it earlier, but everything I read kept saying to use a pst file. 

Susan H. 


Hi Susan,

I just moved from Outlook 2013 on one PC (Win 7) to Outlook 2016 on another PC (Win 10).  I don't remember all of the details, but basically, I exported my rules and then copied the rules file and the PST files to the new PC.
Then I opened the PST files in Outlook 2016 and imported my rules.  I do think I had to recreate the accounts on the new PC though.