Saturday, February 26, 2005

Import mails from Thunderbird to Microsoft Outlook step by step

1. Download a program called IMAPSize

2. After installing IMAPSize, run it. You dont have to create an account, just click "no".

3. Click on "tools" -> mbox2eml

4. Locate C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\xtsb8for.default\Mail\Local Folders\Inbox file, "Inbox" is the mbox file that Thunderbird stores all your inbox mails.

5. Create a folder such as C:\eml and save the eml files there

6. Click on convert, this will convert each of your mail in your Thunderbird mailbox into an eml file.

7. Now you can open Outlook Express.

8. Go to C:\eml, select all eml files, drag and drop them to the Inbox or whatever mail folder you wish in Outlook Express

9. Open Outlook, click on File - Import/export, then import from Outlook Express