Accessing Outlook .pst files in New Outlook

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I can see a great following here with the same issue.

We now have to run classic for PST files. In my case I also run Thunderbird.

The new outlook has limitations on rules as well.

Did microsoft think about end user requirements and build on what is a good platform and improve the new outlook or are they trying to go down the apple IOS system? Is there anyone in microsoft that really wants to work with the end users or is everyone happy being force fed.

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Enough of rant... microsoft are not going to help.

Here is what I did:

1. created the IMAP account in new outlook.
2. Copied a whole heap of messages from my PST file into the IMAP folders.
3. then I struggled with the stupid icons,
4. struggled with the stupid apple IOS style menu system,
5. lack of rule support,
6. ended up using both versions - which is just nonsensical - crazy stuff.
7. reverted back to outlook classic and run IMAP and PST files separately.
8. tried Thunderbird - but found that too gimmicky, icons for everything even in the folder names and didnt want to relearn a new system. I will try it again when I have more time. But it seems like a good email system.
9. As long as classic remains its far superior than the new outlook.

This answer is a non-starter. The main reason people export to PST is because of email storage limitation of 50Gb and 100GB if you use In-Place-Archiving. You can't just put all that historical mail back in outlook!!! The whole point of having a PST file is to hold historical email records for referencing in the future. So being able to mount the file is crucial for I would say every business on the planet not to mention Governments.

No matter what the reason to keep .PST files, they are very important for us. A temporary solution (temporary = forever? ) is to keep both the Old Desktop Client Outlook and the New web based Outlook working side-by-side, each with its own data. All communication with outside email servers would be handled by the New Outlook, having all possible security features, while the Old Outlook should serve as a database, using your .PST files. You can freely import/export between the Old and New Outlook. Just my 2 cents.

agundrum, enjoy it while you can. They will take it away from you.

I have been using Classic Outlook, desktop kept suggesting I use New Outlook, but I tested it and again the issue of PSTs and having data available locally and when I am offline are deal killers.

New Outlook is a product I would not pay for, as I am for Classic Outlook (with Office Suite).

Did the folks at Microsoft not hear of New Coke?

For now, I hope the MSFT program manager for Outlook gets this feedback during their twice per year review cycle and can produce working PST functionality in the next release of New Outlook, and I will try to live with its other drawbacks.

Microsoft also used to have a Customer Experience team that focused on taking feedback like this. Something like Voice of the Customer. If that group still exists, it would be great to get feedback to them, maybe they are listening here.

Just in case, I am looking at testing out Thunderbird as an alternative in the meantime and a 3rd party PST converter/importer or using one of a couple of methods to get this data migrated locally.

Be prepared for similar functionality to Outlook, there are a number of add-ons you may have to consider, but it looks like they are working to update the code, clean up old code from Mozilla roots and keep it updated.

Hello Amin No,

Thank you for your reply,

Please let me check your answer i will get back to you soon

I sincerely appreciate your patience and cooperation.   SincerelyEben Ezer Tres | Microsoft Community Moderator