Export Email to an Outlook PST Data File

Action

To export your UAlbany Mail email and other content to a data file, follow the steps below. The export process creates a copy of the selected messages, contacts, and/or appointments in a PST Outlook data file that can then be opened in Outlook, separate from your account. This may be useful for maintaining your own backup or providing some of your account's contents to someone else, say when retiring from the University.

Instructions

1. Set up UAlbany Mail in Outlook, if you don't already have it set up

2. Once your UAlbany Mail account is added, change Outlook to synchronize all e-mail (the steps under More Information)

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3. Wait for Outlook to finish synchronizing all e-mail. The status at the bottom of Outlook will read "All folders are up to date." This will take a while.

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4. Export your UAlbany Mail content to an Outlook archive file (.PST). This will likely take a while.

5. Once complete, save the new PST file in a known and safe location.