Do you want to know about how to transfer emails from Thunderbird to Outlook 2016, 2013, 2019 & 2010, then read this blog that will help you to understand complete transferring process from Thunderbird to Outlook with manual & alternative solution.
Today our life style is free from all worries to share information because mailing communication medium completes all requirements to share & manage data across the world and mailing can be done by mail clients, web clients, desktop clients, etc. Both Thunderbird & Outlook are in use and demand among users but some users also have requirement to know about how to transfer Mozilla Thunderbird to Outlook. Therefore, this blog is created with brief tips about Outlook & Thunderbird and effective solution for moving emails from Thunderbird to Outlook 2016, 2013, 2019, 2010, 2007, etc.
Tips about Thunderbird & Outlook
Thunderbird is provided by Mozilla Corporation as mail & web client to share and manage data information. It is used by thousands of users for their personal & business work. Basically, it is a cross-platform, open source, chat client, RSS client. Thunderbird is installed in Ubuntu desktop systems by default. When we focus on its data files stored location then there is saved data in three parts.
- With .msf file extension – It is the summery data file of emails’ header.
- With .sbd file format – This file is used for saving folder of Thunderbird files.
- Without extension file – Although, these files are saved without file extension (Inbox, Outbox, Draft) but it is the actual mailbox files and we can rename these files with .mbox file format such as – Inbox – Inbox.mbox, Outbox – Outlook.mbox, etc.
Outlook is the mail client, provided by Microsoft team to share and manage data. It is used by personal & professional users. Basically it has all advanced and developed functions so most business users use and prefer it. Outlook supports .pst file extension to save all data which stands for Personal Storage Table.
Difference between Thunderbird and Outlook
- Outlook supports PST while Thunderbird supports MBOX file format.
- As per security purpose Outlook is best than Thunderbird.
- Email scheduling is allowed by Outlook while Thunderbird is not.
- Exchange Server is supported by only Outlook not Thunderbird.
- Advanced Filter option is supported by Outlook not Thunderbird.
- Task and Calendar are supported by Outlook not Thunderbird.
- Mobile supporting function is supported by Outlook not Thunderbird.
How to Transfer Mozilla Thunderbird to Outlook – Manually
To know about how to transfer emails from Thunderbird to Outlook 2016, 2019, 2013, 2010, 2007, etc. manually, follow the given step by step working procedure –
Step 1. Open Thunderbird and select all emails which want to save in Outlook and then drag them & drop at any location, it will be saved as .eml file format.
Step 2. Now install Windows Live Mail (make sure that it should be installed in same machine whereas Outlook installed.)
Step 3. Then import all saved .eml files of Thunderbird in Windows Live Mail by file menu >> Import >> Windows Live Mail or drag & drop method.
Step 4. Now re-open Windows Live Mail and go with file menu >> export >> export messages
Step 5. Choose Exchange Server and then all documents or select folder which one want to save as Outlook.
Step 6. Migration starts with status bar and complete in few time.
Note – For moving emails from Thunderbird to Outlook manually, make sure that Windows Live Mail & Outlook both are installed in same machine otherwise it will not work and the manual process is quite risky because sometime, it cannot provides complete migration of Thunderbird to Outlook. If any step is skipped by mistake then the process is not work properly and may be the cause of data loss.
Moving Emails from Thunderbird to Outlook with Automated Solution
If you don’t want to take any risk of manual migration and want exact, simple, safe and quick migration then you can try the Thunderbird Converter app that enables to completely transfer emails from Mozilla Thunderbird to Outlook in PST file format. The app can simply maintains all emails properties of emails and also enables to transfer folder of Thunderbird files to PST at once for