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Import .EML to PST

Greetings,

I have about 600,000 .EML files that I need to import into .PST files. I'd rather not use the Outlook Express -> Outlook -> PST route to keep 600k, 50+ Gb of emails from filtering through my Exchange server. Is there any good way to do a straight .EML to .PST conversion? I need to group these by month/year so not all 600K will go into one PST.

Yes, I know about email archiving solutions such as GFI Mail Archiver, but it was decided no to go that route. :-(

Any Ideas?

Best regards,
The Dude

nickkershner

If i understand what you are trying to accomplish, this will work:

It may be a little time consuming, but you could create a bunch of PST files, one named for each month and year, then simply drag and drop the .EML files into a folder in that PST file, then move that PST file into your archive.

IS this what you mean?

msdurham

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That kinda worked. I could drag the EML file into the folder but it said the sender was me with a received date of today. (The message was 3 years old) I could click the message and it would open with the correct sender, receiver, and date. This is really close...

Best Regards,
The Dude

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dholbanga

You can just open Outlook or Outlook Express and then click and drag the EML messages to whichever folder you want them to appear in so if you want them to be in the Inbox, just drag them to the inbox and you're done.

CMDAI

Wanted to upload my email to gmail from the bat
this is what i did
export as EML files
Convert to PST with Aid4Mail (Even thought its shareware the free features where enough)
then used google uploader. done
Had about 3000 messages to upload