Sharepoint lists.pst files

Question

I need to understand how and why share point lists are created.
There are a number of users in my organisation who have them associated with the user accounts and as part of a strategy to migrate Outlook PST into exchange these files these have become an issue.
Also I need to get some advice on how to manage them can I import theme into outlook and then disable the use of SharePoint lists PST files.
can I import them back into sharepoint somehow?
No sharepoint admin experience I am afraid:(

Answer 1

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you wanted to know how the lists created in the Outlook.
You can synchronize a SharePoint library, contact list, task list, Project task list and a certain type of SharePoint external list with Microsoft Outlook 2010.
The SharePoint list.pst files are created when we click the “Connect to Outlook” option in SharePoint list ribbon as below.
You don’t need to import this files, the files would be synced automatically to the Outlook when you click the option again in the SharePoint.
You can refer to the following articles to understand the SharePoint works with Outlook.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/outlook-help/open-edit-and-update-files-from-a-sharepoint-site-HA010354947.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/sharepoint-foundation-help/synchronize-sharepoint-2010-content-with-outlook-2010-HA101881295.aspx
Thanks & Regards,
Jason
Jason Guo
TechNet Community Support