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.