Monday, November 11, 2013

Export Thunderbird To Outlook In Few Steps


Although there are various email clients available around us like Eudora, Mozilla Thunderbird and IBM Lotus, Outlook has won the hearts of most users with its simple user interface and extremely useful tools.

Moreover, Microsoft, the developer of this amiable application, has never failed to release timely updates to Outlook, whenever it ran into security problems and the like. According to an omnitechsupport.com review article, a vast number of users of other email clients are looking for ways to migrate to Outlook.

If you have been using Mozilla Thunderbird for long and want now to export its settings to Microsoft Outlook, you can do so in simple steps. When you export Thunderbird Email to Outlook, make sure that you archive the email to CSV file. This CSV file can then be imported in Outlook in order to retrieve the data.

Instructions

  • Launch the Thunderbird email application on your computer.
  • Navigate to Tools menu and click Export from the dropdown menu.
  • A file format dropdown box will appear on your screen. Choose CSV from the list of file formats. Name the emails by typing a name in the specified field.
  • Browse to a location to save the exported information. Click the Save button to continue.
  • This will save your Thunderbird email to the selected location.
  • Now, launch your favourite Microsoft Outlook application, on either the same computer, or any other computer. If you want to customize Outlook on another computer, make sure that you copy the exported file to the device.
  • Select Files menu followed by Import and Export.
  • Choose the option titled Import from another program or file.
  • Continue by selecting the Next button.
  • A window with a list of options will be displayed now.
  • Choose Comma Separated Values (CSV) file from the list of options.
  • Continue by clicking Next.
  • This will take you a new window. Select Browse option to go to the location of the CSV file which you have exported from Thunderbird email application. 
  • Select the button titled Next followed by Finish on the final summery window.

You have successfully imported your Thunderbird email and contacts to Microsoft Outlook. Now, start using your favourite Microsoft Outlook application with all its brilliant features. If you are a first time Outlook user, you will definitely want to explore more about the features of the application.

According to omnitechsupport.com review, the website features a good number of Outlook support articles, troubleshooting steps and the like. You can also find links to contact Microsoft Outlook tech supports from the website as well.

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