Creative Team | September 10th, 2018 | Email Migration
Thunderbird and Outlook is the most common email client application world wide. But Outlook has many advanced features instead of Thunderbird. So that users want to convert Thunderbird to Outlook PST. In this article, we will cover the followings topics:-
Thunderbird supports MBOX file format to save email and messages. In MBOX mailbox, each mailbox is stored in an individual text file.
Microsoft Outlook supports PST file (Personal Storage Table). Outlook store all the data like emails, contacts, calendars, tasks, attachments, and other information in single PST file.
Mozilla Thunderbird supports MBOX file format. It supports 53 languages. Thunderbird does not allows users to schedule emails and it it not compatible with exchange server. It contains only email and attachments. There is no option to filter emails. It has limited features for business user.
Outlook supports PST file that is the Proprietary File Format. It is highly secure platform to store the data information. Outlook supports 96 languages and it is successfully compatible with Exchange Server. It stores complete information like emails, contacts, calendars, tasks, etc. It includes a wide-range of advanced features. Outlook offers an option to work on offline mode. Overall, Outlook is the first choice of the users instead of Thunderbird.
We provide two manual methods to migrate Thunderbird MBOX emails to Outlook PST.
Method-1: Convert Thunderbird to Outlook PST through IMAP
Method-2: Drag and Drop Method
Firstly, we will export Thunderbird data in EML file format then import into Outlook.
Export MBOX to EML File
Import EML Files to Outlook PST
Note: This conversion process is only used in Outlook 2016, 2013, 2010.
Both of the manual methods has some limitations to convert Thunderbird to Outlook PST. It does not migrate large number of data safely. There is a chances of file corruption during conversion. And most important thing is users have to technical knowledge to perform the migration. To overcome all the problems, use any third party tool. One such solution is Indya MBOX to PST Converter which provides complete solution to migrate MBOX to PST without losing any of data information. This software supports to import MBOX file to Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010 and other old version.
This software supports to migrate MBOX emails to PST along with attachments.It ensures that no data is lost during the conversion process. The tool maintains all the key elements and folder structure while converting MBOX mail to Outlook PST file. Using this utility, you can easily batch convert MBOX messages to PST to save your time. There is no limitation for the migration, you can export unlimited mailbox data without facing any problem.
Step-1: Launch the software on your Windows PC
Step-2: Select MBOX file from Add Files or Add Folder option
Step-3: Browse and select desired output folder location
Step-4: Click on Convert button and that’s it.
In this post, we explained the complete solution how to export Thunderbird emails to Outlook. This MBOX to Outlook Converter is a reliable utility which is able to convert Thunderbird to Outlook PST file entirely without any data loss.
