Migrating Online Email Subfolders to Outlook 2007

Question

Hoping somebody has gone through this before and can assist.
Trying to move all my email and folders from the BT Online Mail into Outlook.
Finally managed to get all my mail synchronised and off the BT Server, but Subfolders with emails have not been imported into Outlook.
Have searched the Forums but cannot see anything that is applicable.
Thanks,
Tony
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Answer 1

I don't use Outlook, I use Thunderbird, but ...
I would think that you should be able to do it using IMAP easily enough. When you sync Outlook with the BT servers you should see the same folder structure represented in Outlook assuming you told it to include all subfolders. From there I would think you have two main options.
(1)  Export the folders/subfolders and contents. This stores a copy elsewhere in a format that Outlook can easily import again at a later date if required.
(2)  Create Local folders in Oulook that mimic the server folder structure and copy or drag all the messages down to the local folders. This will make local copies on your PC and depending on the default settings for Outlook will either delete or leave the originals on the BT server. The local copies should be easily viewable in Outlook and can also be exported to create a back up copy for extra peace of mind.
(3) To be safe, do both (1) and (2).
Sorry I can't give exact instructions but it certainly wouldn't be a big thing to do using Thunderbird and I expect can be done the same using Outlook.