How to Migrate from Mozilla Mail to MS Outlook?

MBOX to PST

Mbox files are are used by a number of email applications, such as Microsoft Entourage, AppleMail, OperaMail, MozillaMail, ThunderBird, and many others to store email messages. An Mbox file stores email information as a plain text. However, the Mbox file format is not supported by the widely used application, MS Outlook. To use Mbox content in Outlook, you need to convert Mbox file to PST.

PST (Personal Storage Table) aka personal folders file is the data file that stores all the Outlook data, including email messages, attachments, contacts, calendar items, notes, appointments, journals, etc. The post will let you know how you can convert the Mbox file used by MozillaMail to PST and how to import the converted PST into MS Outlook 2007. Let us proceed.

•    Search for an open source tool to convert MozillaMail Mbox to PST.
•    Download the software on your computer by clicking on 'Download' button.
•    Run the downloaded file and follow the on-screen prompts to install the program.
•    Once installation is done, open the software and choose MozillaMail option.
•    Browse to the folder that consists of the Mbox file that you want to convert.
•    Select the Mbox file for conversion.
•    Select the option to start conversion.

The procedure will convert your Mbox file to PST. Now that you want to use this data in MS Outlook, you need to import the converted PST into Outlook. Perform the following steps to import the file:

•    Run MS Outlook 2007.
•    Go to the menu and click 'File'.
•    Click 'Import and Export'
•    An Import and Export Wizard will open; click 'Import from another program or file', and then click 'Next'.
•    Click 'Personal Folders File (.pst) and click on 'Next'.
•    Click 'Browse', and then browse to the PST file that you created through the above procedure.
•    Click 'Next', and then click 'Finish'.

This will import the PST file to MS Outlook 2007 and now you are able to use your Mbox data in Outlook. However, the procedure might not be equally effective all the time. In this case, you need a better alternative. Well, you can simply go for a professional MozillaMail to Outlook Converter, which is a dedicated tool to convert Mbox file to PST without any user intervention. Make sure that you choose a reliable application.