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Converting Messages and Calendars

Converting mailboxes -- that is, the actual messages and other data -- for use with a different application can be somewhat involved and is best performed with the help of a third party tool. The following migration tools support a large number of popular clients (except AOL):

  • Address Magic Enterprise PLUS
  • Address Magic Personal PLUS
  • Aid4Mail
  • ForMorph
  • Transend Migrator
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    For migrations to Exchange, third-party migration services are available. See Migration Services Partners.

    Administrators planning enterprise-scale migrations may be interested in a Migration White Paper from Connected Software.
     
    To convert from: To: Use:
    AOL 4 through 9 and CompuServe 2000, 6.0, and 7.0. Microsoft Outlook 2000 through 2007, Outlook Express 6 and Windows Mail. ePreserver

    Moves email, address book and favorites to Outlook or Outlook Express. Requires the AOL email to be installed, does not work with webmail. Supports Windows Vista.

    If you need to import your e-mail and address book to other applications and they support importing from Outlook Express or Outlook, use ePreserver to convert from AOL, then use the Import function to import from Outlook or Outlook Express.
    Eudora, Netscape and other Internet mail programs Personal Folders Microsoft Outlook has built-in support for importing Eudora mail. In Outlook, use File | Import and Export | Import Internet Mail and Addresses.

    Microsoft also has an article on how to import mail from Netscape 4.5 and later:

  • OL2002 How to Import Messages and Addresses from Netscape Messenger 4.5 and Later

    • Transend Migrator

    Aid4Mail

    Address Magic Personal PLUS
    Eudora, Lotus Notes, Mozilla, Netscape 4/6/7, Thunderbird, IMAP, Outlook Express. Microsoft Exchange Server mailboxes or archive Personal Folders Address Magic Personal PLUS

    Address Magic Enterprise PLUS (100 users or more)
    Outlook Express Personal Folders or Microsoft Exchange Server mailbox From Outlook Express, choose File | Export | Messages
    (If you have the original version of Exchange distributed to Windows 95, you must install the Windows Messaging update first.)
    Microsoft Mail Personal Folders From Exchange, choose File | Import and point to your .mmf file.
    cc:Mail folders, bulletin boards or archives Personal Folders Outlook 2000 Import/Export Wizard. See OL2000 You Cannot Import ccmail Archives that You Created After January 1, 2000.

    UniAccess, ConnectorWare IMPORT Utility for cc:Mail
    Microsoft Mail Microsoft Exchange Server Mailbox Exchange Migration Wizard supplied with Microsoft Exchange Server.
    Lotus cc:Mail, IBM PROFS and Office Vision, Verimation MEMO, Digital All-in-1, Novell Groupwise, Collabra Share Microsoft Exchange Server Mailbox Exchange Migration Wizard supplied with Microsoft Exchange Server. See:
  • XFOR: How to Migrate Messages from a GroupWise 5.x Mailbox to an Exchange Server Mailbox
  • XFOR GroupWise Migration Creates Duplicate Folders in Outlook

  • XCON Message Read or Unread Status Lost When Migrating from Lotus ccMail -- hotfix available

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    cc:Mail archive files Microsoft Exchange Server Mailbox or Personal Folders UniAccess, ConnectorWare IMPORT Utility for cc:Mail
    Lotus Notes & Domino Microsoft Exchange Server Importer for Lotus Notes Mail

    Exchange Migration Wizard; see:

  • XCLN Requirements for the Microsoft Mailbox Converter for Lotus Notes Mail
  • Migrating from Lotus Notes to MS Exchange Service
  • XFOR Lotus Notes Command-Line Migration Instructions Incomplete in Existing Service Pack Documentation
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    Also UniAccess, ecKnowledge, Transend Migrator, Address Magic Personal PLUS, Address Magic Enterprise PLUS and products from Verity
    HP OpenMail Microsoft Exchange Server MailMover for OpenMail Server

    If HP OpenMail data is stored in users' Personal Folders .pst files, use MailMover for Outlook PSTs (was PSTConverter) to convert all the OpenMail addresses using an address map that you specify.

    HP OMGUI Mobile Exchange Server MailMover for OMGUI Mobile
    Uniplex Mail Microsoft Exchange Server MEXICO  
    Meeting Maker Microsoft Exchange Server Sumatra Development ; also see Migrating Meeting Maker to Microsoft Exchange 2000
    CS&T Corporate Time, HP OpenTime, Netscape Calendaring Microsoft Exchange Server CalMover
    cc:Mail, Lotus Notes/Domino, Exchange 5.5, Exchange 2000, IMAP4, HP OpenMail, EMC²/TAO, SYSM, Novell GroupWise cc:Mail, Lotus Notes/Domino, Exchange 5.5, Exchange 2000, IMAP4, HP OpenMail, EMC²/TAO, SYSM, Novell GroupWise CompuSven E-Mail Shuttle or Transend Migrator
    Personal Folders or Microsoft Exchange Server Mailbox Microsoft Mail Create a Microsoft Mail shared folder, then drag all the Exchange messages to it. When you connect via MS Mail, drag all the messages from the shared folder to your personal Microsoft Mail folders.
    Eudora Microsoft Internet Mail E2M or EUD2IEM (see Cleaning up the Eudora .mbx file)
    Vax mail Microsoft Internet Mail VMS2IEM
    Microsoft Outlook Express /Internet Mail Eudora Microsoft Outlook Express/Internet Mail to Eudora converter
    Eudora text or HTML files ABC Amber Eudora Converter
    Exchange, Outlook, Notes, Netscape, Eudora, Pegasus, MHS, ExpressIT, GroupWise, cc:Mail (archives and folders), daVinci e-Mail, Notework, Compuserve, AOL Exchange, Outlook, Notes, Netscape, Eudora, Pegasus, MHS, ExpressIT, GroupWise, HTML, generic UniAccess or Transend Migrator
    Exchange Groupwise GWMigrate or Transend Migrator

    GroupWise® Migration Utility for Microsoft Exchange

    GroupWise Import Utility for Microsoft Outlook
    Outlook Time & Chaos Outlook Extract for Time and Chaos
    Outlook  Text with full Internet headers Personal Message Store Export Utility
    Outlook messages, appointments, contacts, tasks Text ClipForm
    Outlook Calendar vCalendar in bulk OutPod, Outlook2Mac, vSync 
    Outlook Unix/Linux MBOX format Outlook2Mac
    AOL Personal Filing Cabinet Outlook, text or Netscape America Online (AOL) Personal Filing Cabinet (PFC) Conversion
    Outlook, Agent, AOL, Becky, Eudora, Netscape, Outlook Express, OUI, Pegasus, Poco, TheBat, Virtual Access, generic RFC-822 mail, various CompuServe and newsgroup readers Outlook, Agent, AOL, Becky, Eudora, Netscape, Outlook Express, OUI, Pegasus, Poco, TheBat, Virtual Access, generic RFC-822 mail, various CompuServe and newsgroup readers ForMorph
    Personal Folders .pst files GroupWise archives GroupWise Archive Migration Utility for Microsoft Exchange

    GroupWise Import Utility for Microsoft Outlook
     GroupWise Exchange GroupWise Migrator for Exchange or Transend Migrator
    Outlook, Entourage, Excel, Palm Desktop, other Windows and Macintosh PIMs Outlook, Entourage, Excel, Palm Desktop, other Windows and Macintosh PIMs Export-Import for Entourage
    QuickMail Exchange, Notes, IMAP QuickMail Migration
    Microsoft Exchange, Outlook, Lotus Notes, GroupWise, Netscape, Eudora, Outlook Express, Lotus cc:Mail, IMAP4 Server, America Online, Pegasus, MHS, Notework, Compuserve, or DaVinci Microsoft Exchange, Outlook, Lotus Notes, GroupWise, Netscape, Eudora, Outlook Express, Lotus cc:Mail, IMAP4 Server, America Online, Pegasus, MHS, Notework, Compuserve, or DaVinci Transend Migrator
    Outlook Calendar iCalendar in bulk Outpod, Outlook2Mac, vSync 
    Outlook Personal Storage files (*.pst), Outlook MSG files (*.msg), Outlook Express, EML message files (*.eml), MHT Web Archive files (*.mht), Mozilla (including Netscape and Thunderbird), Generic mailbox files (mbox, Berkeley, BSD, Unix), Eudora, PocoMail, Opera, Forte Agent, The Bat!, Pegasus, Calypso and Courier, PMMail message files (*.msg), FoxMail, maildir folders, Mailbag Assistant, E-mail Examiner and Aid4Mail ZIP archives.

    Outlook Personal Storage files (*.pst), EML message files (*.eml), MHT Web Archive files (*.mht), Mozilla (including Netscape and Thunderbird), Generic mailbox files (mbox, Berkeley, BSD, Unix, PocoMail, Aid4Mail ZIP archives.

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    More Information
  • Converting Addresses
  • Converting Internet messages to Exchange or Outlook
  • Importing to Microsoft Outlook
  • InterGuru Maibox Conversion, Other Utilities, and Links to Other Useful Sites
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    Updated Apr 09 2008
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