Transfering PST to server

Transfering PST to server

Hello all,
I am about to set up Exchange server for the first time and I need to know 
one thing.
Currently we are running a POP3 server so all mail is stored locally on the 
clients computers and we need to transfer the PST to the server so that it 
can be stored there. 
Is there a way to do this?

date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 06:59:02 -0700 author: Jason

Re: Transfering PST to server

The easiest way to perform the transfer of data is move the current
email messages to a PST file for each user. When you install the
Exchange server have the users copy the content from the PST files to
their inbox. This will store the data on the Exchange server. I would
recommend however, to copy the PST files to a network share, make a
backup of the PST files, and not have the users copy all the email
messages to the Exchange server. This will minimizes the storage of
you Exchange server. 

On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 06:59:02 -0700, Jason
 wrote:

>Hello all,
>I am about to set up Exchange server for the first time and I need to know 
>one thing.
>Currently we are running a POP3 server so all mail is stored locally on the 
>clients computers and we need to transfer the PST to the server so that it 
>can be stored there. 
>Is there a way to do this?

date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:29:47 -0400 author: ccran556

Re: Transfering PST to server

Name each PST as the username. Put them all together in one folder. On the 
server, run exmerge to push all data in. Then configure the clients to use 
the Exchange Server option not PSTs and you are done. No clients need get 
harmed.

"ccran556"  wrote in message 
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> The easiest way to perform the transfer of data is move the current
> email messages to a PST file for each user. When you install the
> Exchange server have the users copy the content from the PST files to
> their inbox. This will store the data on the Exchange server. I would
> recommend however, to copy the PST files to a network share, make a
> backup of the PST files, and not have the users copy all the email
> messages to the Exchange server. This will minimizes the storage of
> you Exchange server.
>
> On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 06:59:02 -0700, Jason
>  wrote:
>
>>Hello all,
>>I am about to set up Exchange server for the first time and I need to know
>>one thing.
>>Currently we are running a POP3 server so all mail is stored locally on 
>>the
>>clients computers and we need to transfer the PST to the server so that it
>>can be stored there.
>>Is there a way to do this?

date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 20:21:58 +0100 author: Nick Gillott

Re: Transfering PST to server

testing
Nick Gillott wrote:
> Name each PST as the username. Put them all together in one folder. On the
> server, run exmerge to push all data in. Then configure the clients to use
> the Exchange Server option not PSTs and you are done. No clients need get
> harmed.
>
> "ccran556"  wrote in message
> news:tsf882htv7v1pp2j4cps26lqrm96il50qq@4ax.com...
> > The easiest way to perform the transfer of data is move the current
> > email messages to a PST file for each user. When you install the
> > Exchange server have the users copy the content from the PST files to
> > their inbox. This will store the data on the Exchange server. I would
> > recommend however, to copy the PST files to a network share, make a
> > backup of the PST files, and not have the users copy all the email
> > messages to the Exchange server. This will minimizes the storage of
> > you Exchange server.
> >
> > On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 06:59:02 -0700, Jason
> >  wrote:
> >
> >>Hello all,
> >>I am about to set up Exchange server for the first time and I need to know
> >>one thing.
> >>Currently we are running a POP3 server so all mail is stored locally on
> >>the
> >>clients computers and we need to transfer the PST to the server so that it
> >>can be stored there.
> >>Is there a way to do this?

date: 5 Jun 2006 15:01:48 -0700 author: mick

Re: Transfering PST to server

Nice process..............

Regards,
Hank Arnold

Nick Gillott wrote:
> Name each PST as the username. Put them all together in one folder. On the 
> server, run exmerge to push all data in. Then configure the clients to use 
> the Exchange Server option not PSTs and you are done. No clients need get 
> harmed.
> 
> "ccran556"  wrote in message 
> news:tsf882htv7v1pp2j4cps26lqrm96il50qq@4ax.com...
>> The easiest way to perform the transfer of data is move the current
>> email messages to a PST file for each user. When you install the
>> Exchange server have the users copy the content from the PST files to
>> their inbox. This will store the data on the Exchange server. I would
>> recommend however, to copy the PST files to a network share, make a
>> backup of the PST files, and not have the users copy all the email
>> messages to the Exchange server. This will minimizes the storage of
>> you Exchange server.
>>
>> On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 06:59:02 -0700, Jason
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>> I am about to set up Exchange server for the first time and I need to know
>>> one thing.
>>> Currently we are running a POP3 server so all mail is stored locally on 
>>> the
>>> clients computers and we need to transfer the PST to the server so that it
>>> can be stored there.
>>> Is there a way to do this? 
> 
>

date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 04:25:48 -0400 author: Hank Arnold

Re: Transfering PST to server

Make sure you're aware of the exmerge and pst limitations however.  2GB or 
larger mailboxes will require more than 1 pst.  They will need to be 
non-unicode psts, etc...


"Hank Arnold"  wrote in message 
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> Nice process..............
>
> Regards,
> Hank Arnold
>
> Nick Gillott wrote:
>> Name each PST as the username. Put them all together in one folder. On 
>> the server, run exmerge to push all data in. Then configure the clients 
>> to use the Exchange Server option not PSTs and you are done. No clients 
>> need get harmed.
>>
>> "ccran556"  wrote in message 
>> news:tsf882htv7v1pp2j4cps26lqrm96il50qq@4ax.com...
>>> The easiest way to perform the transfer of data is move the current
>>> email messages to a PST file for each user. When you install the
>>> Exchange server have the users copy the content from the PST files to
>>> their inbox. This will store the data on the Exchange server. I would
>>> recommend however, to copy the PST files to a network share, make a
>>> backup of the PST files, and not have the users copy all the email
>>> messages to the Exchange server. This will minimizes the storage of
>>> you Exchange server.
>>>
>>> On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 06:59:02 -0700, Jason
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>> I am about to set up Exchange server for the first time and I need to 
>>>> know
>>>> one thing.
>>>> Currently we are running a POP3 server so all mail is stored locally on 
>>>> the
>>>> clients computers and we need to transfer the PST to the server so that 
>>>> it
>>>> can be stored there.
>>>> Is there a way to do this?
>>

date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 08:16:40 -0700 author: John Fullbright [MVP] fjohn@donotspamnetappdotcom