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Outlook import a folder whose type differs from that of the selected folder

I'm trying to import the 'Sent Items' folder from a .pst created from a sent items folder, but I get the message "You have chosen to import a folder whose type differs from that of the selected folder. THe items will be imported into a new folder with the same name." (see image)

I need to import these messages into this Sent Items folder. How?
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bbao:

then you may simply copy or move messages between any two folders even they are having the same name

Actually, that doesn't work. Tried it. Maybe because my target account is IMAP, which I neglected to mention in my original post. It doesn't let me drag the whole folder. It does let me "Copy" the whole folder to a new folder.

John Hurst:

I think you must give it the same name on the target machine. Try that as I think it might work.

What I did was do the "Copy" folder, but it created a subfolder under the new target folder. I was not able to copy it to the top level account folder.

So, question is now moot and I have to cut/paste messages from the copied folder to the new "Deleted Items" folder, but I can't copy paste too many at once as Outlook hangs!

Mark

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Thanks for the suggestions

John

@jmarkfoley - You are very welcome and I was happy to help