How to Open MBOX File in Outlook 2016 Without Any Data Loss?

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The most common query asked by the users nowadays on the internet is ‘how to import MBOX to Outlook 2016 and below versions?’ By exporting MBOX to PST format, a user will be able to open MBOX file in Outlook 2016/ 2013/ 2010/ 2007. Here, in this blog, a user will get to know a complete method to convert .mbox files to Outlook account.

Everybody knows that MBOX and PST file formats are different in nature and supported by different email clients. Therefore, if a user wants to import MBOX file to Outlook 2016 account, then it becomes necessary to export MBOX to PST format manually or automatically using a software. However, MBOX file is the common file format that is used by various email clients such as Eudora, Opera Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird, Apple Mail, The Bat!, etc. On the other hand, PST file is compatible with Microsoft Outlook application only. But, Outlook has an inbuilt Import and Export feature that makes it easy for the users to importare converted MBOX files into MS Outlook. Read the blog further, in order to know the process in detail.

Why A User Need to Open MBOX File in Outlook 2016?

There are several circumstances that a user might encounter and decided to switch their email client. Most common ones are discussed below:

  • Microsoft Outlook provides a wide range of features that a user can use to manage the mailbox data items in much better and easy way.
  • In some cases, users have a backup in MBOX file format and they want to open it in Outlook 2016. Now, MBOX file cannot be moved to Outlook directly. Thus, it becomes important for the users to convert MBOX emails to Outlook PST format.
  • One of the major reason behind conversion is that MBOX file supporting email clients are mostly open source email clients they are not much secure for the users to store important data in MBOX files. On the other hand, MS Outlook is one of the most secure email clients to store complete email data safely.

Import MBOX File to PST Using Manual Method

One can open MBOX file in Outlook 2016 by using the manual process on Windows OS. For this, firstly open Thunderbird on your machine. After that, follow the given steps:

  1. First of all, open Mozilla Thunderbird account on the local machine
  2. Then, open the folder in Thunderbird that you need to migrate from MBOX emails as Outlook PST format
  3. After that, you need to choose some particular emails by pressing and holding Ctrl key and to select emails, hit Ctrl+A key
  4. Then, right-click on the selected emails and choose the Save as option
  5. Now, you need to choose the desired folder to save the selected emails and click on the Select Folder option to migrate the emails
  6. Next, you need to open Microsoft Outlook application
  7. Then, right-click on the MS Outlook folder and click on the New Folder option
  8. Now, choose all emails that you want to export from Thunderbird
  9. After that, drag and drop all emails in the middle pane of MS Outlook and move all the emails into a new folder
  10. As the process completed successfully, one can open MBOX file in Outlook 2016 easily

Why Manual Solution to Create a .mbox File in Outlook Fails?

There are various limitations that a user might face while using the manual solution to import MBOX mailbox to Outlook account and all of them are discussed below:

  1. In the case of bulk data migration from MBOX file into Outlook, it is not a suitable approach.
  2. The process requires installation of Mozilla Thunderbird & Outlook application on the local machine.
  3. If any of the above steps are not performed properly, there might be a risk of data loss.
  4. The complete process is very lengthy and time-consuming to perform.

A Trouble-free Solution to Open MBOX File in Outlook 2016

To overcome all the drawbacks of manual methods, a user is suggested to switch to some third-party product. One such type of utility is MBOX to Outlook Converter that import MBOX to PST format in just a few number of clicks. Moreover, the software does not impose any file size limitation during the migration process. It preserves the integrity of data and keeps the folder structure and formatting of data intact as the original. A user is also allowed to migrate multiple MBOX data files into Outlook PST format in batch using this software. Apart from all this, a user can use this application on any version of Microsoft Windows and Outlook.

Conclusion

In some circumstances, a user needs to import MBOX mailbox files to Outlook 2016/ 2013/ 2010/ 2007/ 2003 and the below versions. Therefore, considering the requirement of users in mind, we have discussed both manual and professional utility to open MBOX file in Outlook 2016. As manual solutions have some limitations, so a user is recommended to use third-party tool as suggested above.

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