Denis Cardon wrote: > Hi Benjamin, >> >>> [...] >>> I know the users also have large OUT LOOK pst files 4.5GIGs and >>> wondering if >>> I could also intergrate that into IMAP? >> It can be done, but it is a nightmare. For post-2003(?) Outlook >> .PST's, the only sensible, non-commercial path I could find was >> through Thunderbird's import. Uploading directly to the server (Even >> if you ran a local server!) was horrendously, painstakingly slow, and >> rendered the Outlook user's computer unusable for that time. > It is possible to connect outlook directly to an imap server (if it was > previously connected to an exchange, you first have to switch it > pop/imap mode. I don't remember where you select that).
there's nothing to "switch". just create a new account, and then you are given the option to select imap. > Then you can > create a imap connection in addition to the local folders and drag'n > drop the mail folders to the new imap connexion. The major issue with > this process is when you have a very large amount of folder... > yes, as Benjamin said, this is horribly slow (even with a LAN imap server) exceptionally for 4.5 Go files ! (I had one machine do that for almost one day with a much smaller pst file.
