

The email account may be from any provider as long as the mailbox can be configured in Outlook. This article is a How-To, which means there are some requirements if you decide to follow along with the examples.

On the other hand, if your’re an email admin, you may need to import a PST into user’s Outlook when:

Moving from one mail system to another.You are importing a backup of a resigned employee’s emails into your Outlook profile.Re-hydrating your mailbox from PST after a computer replacement or OS reinstall.If you’re an email user using Microsoft Outlook, some scenarios where importing PST is needed may include: But, what is a PST? According to Microsoft, “An Outlook Data File (.pst) contains your messages and other Outlook items and is saved on your computer.” When working with Outlook, there will inevitably come a time when you’ll need to import a PST.
