Help - Moving Outlook Mail to new comp

[kyu614]

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew how i could get my mail from Outlook 2000 (not express) to my new computer (outlook 2002). Where are the folders stored? the only thing i found was outlook.pst in the "C:\Documents and Settings\Kyle\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook" folder.
Its a big file (~24 megs), does this file contain my e-mail?
if so can i just copy it to my new computer in the same folder?
do i have to setup the folder structure the same way or does it have some way of knowing the folders and creating them automatically?

thanks in advance for any help.

 

[vetteguy]

Everything is stored in Outlook.pst. You should be able to copy the file over, but to be safe you can do a File>Export>Export to a file>PST File, and that will create a new backup pst file. You can then import that into your new Outlook installation.