How to add locally stored emails to IMAP account

Question

I just went from a POP3 email account to an IMAP account.

I backed up my POP3 emails, but I haven't been able to get all those emails sync'd into the IMAP account. When importing the backed up POP3 emails, they just get stored "on my comptuer"

No matter what I do, I haven't been able to just take all the emails/folders and add them to the sync'd IMAP account.

I have also only been able to look at these locally stored emails in the Outlook (Classic) version. In the (New) version the local files don't appear at all. I just want to take the local emails and add them to the IMAP account so that I can access all 100% of emails and folders from any device.

Any help much appreciated

Answer 1

The new Outlook does not yet support PST files.
Please copy emails from your archived PST file to your IMAP account.
Do not copy folders.

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新しいOutlookは、まだPSTファイルをサポートしていません。
アーカイブしたPSTファイルからメール単位でIMAPアカウントへコピーして下さい。
フォルダ単位ではコビーしないで下さい。

Answer 2

Hi @Yoni ,

According to my research, currently, you can open .pst files, read e-mails in .pst files, and search .pst files for emails.

To see if PST support is available in your copy of new Outlook, go to Settings > General > Outlook Data Files. It should be available to Microsoft 365 software subscribers who have joined the Insider program for Office.

More details, see: Open and find items in an Outlook Data File (.pst)

Besides, I suggest keeping an eye on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap | Microsoft 365

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