MBOX to PST Converter Tool Review – Advantage & Drawbacks

Are you planning to migrate from Mozilla thunderbird to MS Outlook? Of course you need to convert your MBOX emails to PST, in order to access emails in Outlook. MBOX converter tool will enable you to convert emails from MBOX format to PST, so that these emails can be accessed in Outlook also. MBOX converter is smart tool capable to export MBOX files to PST/MSG/EML. This tool is capable to handle MBOX files from multiple mail clients including Mozilla thunderbird, Eudora, etc. It is an excellent tool capable to handle all variants of MBOX family in windows platform. Let’s see the application in detailed.

Things That You Should Cognize about MBOX to PST Converter at First!

Supported Platforms

MBOX files from various mail clients can be exported to PST using the MBOX converter tool. I used this software for migrating Thunderbird folders (.mbox) to MS Outlook 2013. But the software also supports a few more mail clients including Eudora, Entourage, Apple Mail, Netscape, Pocomail, etc.

The tool is compatible with all versions of Windows Operating System – 2000, 2003, 2008, XP, Vista, or Windows 7/8/8.1. The output PST files is compatible with all versions Outlook including 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013.

Note: I used this tool to migrate Thunderbird emails to MS Outlook 2013 in Windows 8.1. To evaluate in other editions you may try free edition of the software.

Pre-Requirements:

MBOX to PST converter is a standalone tool which does not require any supporting applications as I used recently for my own business. None of the mail clients are required to carry out the conversion process. The only requirement is that the user should possess an MBOX file in order to carry out the conversion process.

Performance:

Every product is valued based on in its performance. Same is with the MBOX converter tool performance values more. The tool is fast and accurate in its actions. The tool converts MBOX to PST without any data loss or file corruption. Emails along with all attributes are exported to PST without any time lag.  The number of MBOX files does not limit the performance of MBOX converter. The designed and development converter tool is done carefully in order to meet all the user requirements.

User Interface & Design:

The design and implementation of user interface of MBOX converter is very effective for all type of users. The internal design of the converter is done with optimized algorithms so that the tool works perfectly and accurately. Browsing of MBOX emails and saving the output PST are made user interactive with the GUI. All type of users can use this tool without any prior experience in file conversion.

Prominent Features of the Software and its Working Process

• Support for Multiple MBOX files

The tool is capable to export multiple MBOX files to PST in batches. Moreover the tool can process all variants of MBOX files from various mail clients. The supported mail clients include Entourage, thunderbird, Apple Mail, etc.

• Selective Exporting Feature

The selective exporting of files/ folders/emails is possible with the tool. The preview of the scanned emails helps the users to view and analyze the emails before exporting to PST.

• Retains All Properties of Emails

The converter tool maintains all the Meta properties of the emails while exporting to PST files. The attachments, date, time, from, to, subjects and all other attributes are retained with email message while converting to PST.

• Managing of PST Files

The managing of PST files is made easy using the converter tool. The output PST files can be split to manage size of large PST files. The output PST files can be saved in desired location with specified names.

Pros:

1. Multiple MBOX files can be converted into PST files at once.
2. Several email previews helps me to analyze emails in depth.
3. Multiple Export choices is an additional benefits to use emails in other email programs.
4. User face of the software is so simple so everyone can use the tool.

Cons:

1. Demo version tool has a limit of 25 emails to be exported in PST file
2. No facility to convert corrupted Thunderbird MBOX files data.
3. Attached media files of emails can be viewed only after they are exported.

Price of Various Versions

The tool comes in two versions: free version and paid version. Free version is with limited capabilities. It does not allow users to name the files while saving the PST files. And only 25 items per folder can be exported with this free version. MBOX converter Software is available at three level licensing: personal/ Enterprise / Business level. This is worthy tool for just few dollars.

The Verdict:

While analyzing performance, accuracy, features, cost and various other factors of MBOX to PST converter into account I couldn’t find any serious faults in this tool. The outstanding features of MBOX converter makes it to stand different from other converter tools. So I would like to rate 9.5 out of 10 to MBOX to PST converter application. The tool possesses a simple user interface so that anyone can use it without any difficulty.

Thanks & Regards

Zora Stalin

Technology Evangelist