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  • How do I export Outlook messages without losing the dates/times? This question has been asked and answered http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/35151, but I just don't get it (VB code... huh, what's that?). I'm hoping someone can explain the answer to me in easy layman's terms. I need to export many, many messages from a computer with Outlook 2000 to one with Outlook 2003 (both use Windows) and it's critical that I keep the original send/receive dates. The way I would normally go about this is to click File -> Import and Export -> Export to a file -> Comma Separated Values, and then click on the folder I want to export. This would allow me to save the csv file, which I could then import into the other version of Outlook. BUT, when you do this it saves numerous types of fields I don't want (e.g., mileage), but the date/time field is missing. Nor is date/time an option when mapping the fields. How can I do this export but keep the date/time? As suggested in the thread linked above, I tried to simply copy all the messages listed in the folder into Excel (one of the fields was "Message" which I obviously inserted for this purpose only). But once copied into Excel, the formatting went all awry. Help! Thank you!

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    Try this: File -> Import and Export -> Export to a file -> Personal Folder File (.pst) That will create a .pst file that you can then open with Outlook 2003, and should preserve all the send/receive dates.

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Um, can't you just use the PST file format, or did I miss something? Wait, you say "from a computer with Outlook 2000 to one with Outlook 2003" but you also say "into Excel". Is it one, the other, or both? (My answer works for the first one, not the second.)

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Thank you! The reason I had never thought of using a PST file before was because... this is the first time I ever heard of such a thing. (Okay, maybe instead of "layman" I should have said "novice.") And I swear I did extensive fruitless Google searches before posting my question. Anyway, thank you. It worked. :)

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