Mozilla Thunderbird is a free email client and uses MBOX file format for saving data items. On the other hand, Windows Live Mail is another freeware email client provided by Microsoft and EML file format is used in it to save its data items. Whenever, the user switches from Mozilla Thunderbird to Windows Live Mail, they need to export Thunderbird MBOX file to Windows Live Mail EML file format.
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Every user wants the best solution for data transfer but it is not easy to get that. Therefore, with this blog, we provide users an instant and secure solution to move all emails from Mozilla Thunderbird MBOX to Windows Live Mail EML format.
Methods to export Thunderbird MBOX files to Windows Live Mail EML
Here, we provide steps you with a manual solution to export emails from Thunderbird MBOX files to WLM file format-
- Open Mozilla Thunderbird email client and Click on add-ons
- In add-ons manager, select ImportExportTools
- Click on add to Thunderbird to add ImportExportTools add-on
- Now, restart Thunderbird.
- Click on ImportExportTools add-on and right-click on the folder that you want to export.
- Click on export all messages in a folder and choose EML file format.
- Choose location to save the folder. Then, choose Select Folder.
This is how emails from Thunderbird are exported into EML file format.
No doubt this method is very simple but it can export a single MBOX folder at once. If you want to export all emails from Thunderbird MBOX to WLM file format then it would be time-consuming process. Moreover, this method deals only with Thunderbird MBOX files. Hence for bulk MBOX file conversion, users move to other solutions.
Export Thunderbird MBOX to WLM EML format with reliable method
To overcome the issues which you faced with manual process, we suggest a reliable and smart solution i.e. MailsClick Convert MBOX to EML Tool. This software allows loading multiple MBOX files at a time to export into Windows Live Mail EML file format. Moreover, the software offers direct loading of mailboxes from Thunderbird default location and export them smoothly into Windows Live Mail EML file format. Multiple advanced features are offered by the software. Let us discuss them.
Features provided by the software:
- Simple to handle – The software offers easy and smart conversion. Within a few minutes, Thunderbird MBOX files are exported into Windows Live Mail EML file format with 100% accuracy.
- Offer Batch export MBOX files – Users are free to load multiple MBOX files at a time to export into EML file format by using this software.
- Detailed preview of MBOX files – The software allow instant scan and detailed preview of MBOX files prior exporting data items into EML file format.
- Auto-detect Thunderbird mailboxes – It gives you the facility to directly load MBOX files from default location of Thunderbird.
- Selective MBOX items export possible – If after loading MBOX files, you want to export selective items then this software will help you to move selective items to EML file format.
- Free Trial to use – For close examination of the software before buying it, users can download the free trial version and export first 10 items from each folder. One purchase the license version, unlimited emails from Thunderbird are migrated into WLM file.
- Keep Folder Structure intact – The software does not disturb the original folder structure of Thunderbird MBOX files after the conversion.
- Independent to use – The conversion with this software can be completed standalone. Even without having Thunderbird and Windows Live Mail, the conversion task can be completed.
- Support MBOX files of all platforms – No matter your MBOX files belong to any platform like Entourage, Eudora, Apple Mail, Spicebird, The Bat, etc. This utility exports them into EML file format.
Working procedure of the tool to move Thunderbird mailboxes into Windows Live Mail file –
Given are the steps for exporting Thunderbird MBOX files into Windows Live Mail EML files –
- Install and start MBOX to Windows Live Mail EML Converter software.
- Select either Folder or File mode. Then, hit the Browse button & add MBOX files. Also, you can load Thunderbird files directly.
- After adding MBOX files, get preview of added files and you can choose items to migrate.
- Select EML format and a path to save the converted EML file.
- Hit the Convert Now button and this will export Thunderbird MBOX files into Windows Live Mail EML file format.
Concluding Lines
There are various methods of moving emails from Thunderbird MBOX to Windows Live Mail EML file format but all are not safe to use. In this post, we explained two methods for the conversion. We highly recommend professional solution as it is easy to implement and offer bulk migration.
