Emails are used nowadays everywhere and mostly in organizations because they provide the flexibility which a user wants to his work. Emails are also helpful because it is blazing fast, easy to use. An email is sent with the help of an email client and the popularity of the email clients are increasing day by day. Every user is on the look to migrate to a new email client if the new email client works better than their existing email client.
This blog will mainly emphasis on how can a user migrate Outlook Express (EML) to Thunderbird (MBOX) Windows 7.
What are EML files?
It is a file extension of email messages which is in the MIME RFC 822 format. EML is basically the file format of Outlook Express but is not only limited to only Outlook Express, EML is also found in other email clients such as Windows Mail, Apple Mail, Windows Live Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird.
Now, if a user is having a query to migrate their Outlook Express files to Thunderbird, then this process can be done with certain methods and these methods can be the manual process & the other way is to use a software.
Manual process for Outlook Express to Mozilla Thunderbird
You can find many email applications which will read EML files and these email clients are Mozilla Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Windows Mail & Windows Live Mail. The manual process below is explained with the help of Outlook Express (EML) to Mozilla Thunderbird (MBOX).
Given below are the steps which are used to manually migrate Outlook Express to Thunderbird, but the user should take backup of all their Outlook Express (EML) files.
- Launch your Mozilla Thunderbird
- Then, go to Tools menu and select Import option
- Select all the files you want to import and then click on Next
- Choose Outlook Express option and click on the Next button
- Browse & choose all the files from the store location
- The process will get completed
But for this process to work, the user must have both Outlook Express & Mozilla Thunderbird in the same system.
The manual method has disadvantages and it is given below:
- This process is very time-consuming
- This process may or may not work at all leaving user confused
- The process is lengthy which means user can get lost in some steps
- There would be always the risk of losing your data
- User would get correct export/import is not all guaranteed
So, now this process will not fit any user’s criteria because it’s outdated and there is also no point in using the manual method. The user can get confused on which application they should try to get the perfect result and for the accurate conversion.
This problem can be solved by using Outlook Express to Thunderbird converter which would migrate Outlook Express to Thunderbird Windows 7. The converter would be able to migrate Outlook Express files easily and in a simple way. The converter also supports almost every version of Outlook Express such as Outlook Express 5, 5.5, 6, 4.5. The tool also has a friendly & easy user interface which would allow even a non-technical user to operate the converter with ease. It also supports every available version of Windows operating system. There also you can use batch mode option.
