Easy Ways of Converting Thunderbird MBOX to Outlook PST

Did you find a solution to convert Thunderbird Mbox files to Outlook pst format? If not, be sure. This post will help you to open Thunderbird data in Outlook with all the guidelines. It will also introduce you to a manual method that is effective in moving mailboxes to Outlook by the dual policy.

Mozilla Thunderbird Mailbox

• If you've been with Mozilla Thunderbird for a long time, you probably know that it saves mailboxes to a mbox file. But if the user wishes, he can also change the default mail format and keep the data in Maildir. But this is another query. There is also a special thing that people often make a mistake in recognizing the mailbox of Mozilla Thunderbird because it does not show the mail format. For this, it is necessary to right-click on the mailbox and checks it on the properties. Now we will know the best manual and third-party solutions that can easily import Thunderbird mbox and Maildir files into different versions of Outlook without facing Outlook certificate error. 

Manually Converting Thunderbird MBOX Files to Outlook Compatible PST Format.

• Both the email clients (Thunderbird and Outlook) must be installed in the system to use this free method.

Note - The below steps can be followed with the Maildir file also.

► Part 1

Go to your Gmail account and open the setting window

Select the Forwarding and IMAP-PAP tab and enable IMAP access under IMAP.

In the new tab of the browser search "Less Secure App" > Click on the first result with Google account and activate it.

1. Now run Thunderbird and create a new account
2. Fill in the details and click on the Continue button (make sure you have entered the password correctly). 
3. If it fails configure manually and check port number for IMAP (143 and 993) and SMTP port (587 or 25) and press the re-test button again.
4. Go to Thunderbird and under your Gmail account, create a new folder with a name and drag all the Thunderbird emails into it that you want to import into MS Outlook. With this, all your mail is automatically imported into the Gmail account.

► Part 2

Launch Outlook 2019/2016 and go to the Files tab (top left) then click on Add Account.

Re-enter your Gmail account address >> Click on 'Advanced Options' and check the box to set up the account manually.

Press the 'Connect' button to get started further.

Select IMAP Protocol >> IMAP Settings page will open, check port and server details

1. Check the box and press the 'Next button.
2. Now enter your password and click on the 'Connect' button again.
3. Within a few minutes, you will see a confirmation of whether it was set up successfully and the synchronization process has started.
4. This manual method is also required if you want to upload Thunderbird MBOX file to your Office 365 account manually.

► Best Tool to export Thunderbird emails to Outlook

1. Here, I am going to share a special solution that is specially designed for Mozilla Thunderbird.
2. Adopt MailsDaddy Thunderbird to Outlook converter tool to migrate single or multiple Thunderbird mailbox to Outlook PST format. This is the most trusted and well-programmed tool that easily converts Thunderbird emails to Outlook in a single go. 
3. It has all the required features that a user needs to import Thunderbird MBOX file to Outlook. Not only this, the email management software has multiple export formats so user can move Thunderbird emails to EML, MSG, HTML, MHTML & RTF format.

Note: This solution supports and exports Thunderbird Maildir files as well.

► Steps of converting Thunderbird MBOX to Outlook

• Download the software and install it on any Windows OS.

• Launch it and click on the Add file button.

• Click the Auto-load button to bring up the mailboxes automatically if Thunderbird is installed and configured otherwise browse the mailboxes.
  
  

• Click the Export button to initiate the batch file conversion from Thunderbird to Outlook.
  
  

• Select a PST file format with a conversion option: Single PST or Different PST for all TB mailboxes.
  
  

• Browse the location to save the export file to the local system and hit the Export button again. The software starts exporting Thunderbird MBOX to Outlook PST format. Wait to finish the process.
  
  

After providing an output in the PST file, the user can import into Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013 & other earlier versions.

Alternative choice for Converting MBOX to PST, EML, MSG, RTF, HTML & Office 365

• If you want to migrate Thunderbird MBOX to Outlook as well as Office 365 then you can try MailsDaddy MBOX to PST converter tool.
• This solution is also reliable and accurate which supports all mbox based email clients including Mozilla Thunderbird. It maintains the same folder hierarchy throughout the conversion and is capable of exporting data to Outlook and Office 365 in just a few simple steps.
• With this single solution, users can export Thunderbird MBOX files to Office 365, PST, EML, MSG, Live Exchange, HTML, MHTML, & RTF format.

Conclusion

Here I have described how a user can effectively convert Thunderbird to Outlook PST and Office 365 platforms. The manual method requires some technical skills while third-party tools are a quick and secure way to import mailboxes from Thunderbird to Outlook. You can also test out the free demo version of the Thunderbird to Outlook converter software and migrate 20 emails from each folder for absolutely free.