Re: Would this work as a quick and dirty migration?

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In news:7363AF9A-206C-4404-B815-A2396AF9E81C@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Dennis77 <Dennis77@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
> I have 10 Exchange 5.5 users. Each has a mailbox. In Public
> Folders, there are 3 calendars and 1 contact list that everyone has
> access to.
>
> I want to migrate Exchange 5.5 user accounts to Exchange 2003 in a new
> domain without upgrading the old server. Basically, I want their
> emails, contacts and so on, but I am ditching the domain information.
> All of the users' current email addresses will be forwarded to their
> new email addresses.
>
> My plan is to log into each user's account in Outook, download their
> email
> as a pst file, and import it into the user's new account in the new
> domain. Finally, I will copy the shared folders to a pst file, import
> them into an Outlook account on the new domain, and share them.
>
> Is this method sound? Has anyone else used this method successfully?
>
> Dennis

Exmerge would be easier (as the other reply mentioned). Or see Recovery
Manager for Exchange from Quest (www.quest.com) - it's a very good product &
I like having it handy.


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