Deleting Duplicate Emails in Outlook 1

[JenniferJade]

Hi Everyone,

I'm working on a project to consolidate all the historical emails that have been stored in various PST files.

The user is on Outlook 2003 on hosted exchange and the mailbox is only 1GB. Therefore, mailbox items are routinely exported as PST files so that only the most recent emails are kept on the server.

I would like to combine all historical mailbox items in one comprehensive master PST file so that the user can access all his saved emails at any time. I have discovered, however, that a lot of the older archived and exported items overlap and by combining them, I’m going to have duplicates. Ultimately, I want to delete and clean up as much of the duplicate and extraneous material as possible.

Is there a function or method to locate and delete duplicates within Outlook? Alternatively, is there an effective third party program that can help me manage and delete duplicates?

Thanks

J. Jade

 

[58sniper]

http://www.mapilab.com/outlook/remove_duplicates/

is the solution I've used several times for clients.

Watch out for those .pst files. Lots of problems when thise things start getting too large.

Pat Richard
Microsoft Exchange MVP

 

[JenniferJade]

I will give this a try when the user is away from the office later this month and let you know how it goes!

I will make sure to keep the .pst files manageable since I've heard they lose their integrity as they grow.

Thanking you with a star

J.Jade

 

[JenniferJade]

Hello,

Finally got around to installing Anti-Dupe, registering and attempting to use it.

Unfortunately, I get an error saying "Can't create Outlook object, make sure you have Outlook installed".

What am I doing wrong?

 

[Zelandakh]

What version of Outlook are you using and have you got the latest service pack?

 

[JenniferJade]

I'm using Outlook 2003 on Windows XP with SP2.

I think I'm going to try the repair option of the duplicate remover or re-install. Thanks!