Save Outlook emails as MBOX – Complete PST export process

After using Outlook for a couple of years, I had a lot of archived PST files which I now want in MBOX format. Once in MBOX format, they can be easily imported in any MBOX based email client like Thunderbird, Apple Mail, PocoMail, Opera Mail, EarthLink, Mail Copa and so on. To know how to save Outlook emails MBOX, read the following article :

About MS Outlook and PST files

MS Outlook, a component of MS Office Suite, is a development of Microsoft. Most commonly used as a Windows based application, its Mac based edition (Outlook 2011 for Mac) is also widely used. Due to its multi-functionalities, Outlook has been a favourite application ever since its inception.

Whether its exchanging emails, or managing contacts or scheduling meetings and appointments, Outlook has all. Even users can manage their daily tasks, to do lists, Journal entries in Outlook. It’s a useful app for both small scale organizations (used as a stand-alone application) and large scale organizations as well (used along with Exchange Server).

All the contents of Outlook are saved in PST format. PST stands for Personal Storage Table and contains all the emails, contacts, notes, calendar, tasks, to do lists and journal entries data of a user account. The early editions of Outlook (till 2000) supported ANSI PST files, which had storage capacity of 2GB. From Outlook 2003 editions, the PST files were Unicode character based and had increased storage capacity of 20 GB (2003 and 2007) and 50 GB (2010 to 2016).

MBOX Files

MBOX or MailBOX is a file format used for storing all the email messages as single, plain text file. All the messages for a particular mailbox are saved and joined in a long string, where each message starts with a header “From” and ends with a blank line. All the messages in MBOX are saved in standard RFC 5322 format and the attachments in their original MIME format. The four variants of MBOX files include : MBOXO, MBOXRD, MBOXCL, MBOXCL2.

Formerly used for UNIX systems, MBOX now is supported by both Windows and Mac based email clients like Thunderbird, SpiceBird, Apple Mail, Opera Mail, DreamMail, EarthLink, Entourage, Evolution, Berkeley, The Bat!, Intellect Chaos and many more.

Why Users prefer PST to MBOX Conversion

There are many situations which forces users to save Outlook mailboxes as MBOX format. Corruption of PST files, changing in job requirements, shifting from Windows machine to Mac systems, are a few of the reasons, compelling users to convert their Outlook database files to MBOX files. Manual conversion of one file format to another file format is not a very good idea so it’s better to use a third party tool and save Outlook emails as MBOX with complete data integrity.

PST to MBOX Converter is one of the most trusted utility for converting unlimited PST files to MBOX files. It has a simple GUI, which makes it possible for even non-technical users to use it effortlessly and save Outlook email MBOX with complete convenience. In order to help users with better management of data, the software maintains that the folder structure is also saved accurately, as it was before conversion. So, whether the files are opened in Thunderbird, Mac Mail, Entourage, Opera Mail or any other email application, the mails will have the same structure as it was in Outlook. All other benefits offered by the PST to MBOX Exporter includes :

    • Support for conversion of multiple PST files to MBOX in batch

    • Converts both ANSI and Unicode PST files

    • Outlook installation is not required

    • Open Outlook email in Thunderbird, Opera Mail, PocoMail, Apple Mail, Evolution, EarthLink and other MBOX supportive email clients

    • All Windows editions (10, 8.1, 8, 7 and below editions) are supported

Outlook to MBOX Converter is providing easy solution for users who are looking for precise, reliable and quick PST to MBOX conversion results. The software is available as Free Trial edition too, which will help users identify its features and functions. Demo will let them save Outlook emails MBOX, but first 20 emails from each PST Mailbox to MBOX file. After getting successful results, they can opt for purchasing the licensed edition of the software.