How to Import MBOX to Office365 ?

There has been an increasing demand to migrate Thunderbird MBOX files to Office 365. The reason is due to better availability of upgraded features in web-based applications. Moreover Thunderbird has announced that its development is currently suspended due to stability issue. Users have been in a state whether Thunderbird is dead or not? Thereby conveying the fact that there will be no more major updates on Mozilla Thunderbird. There are many email clients which support MBOX Files such as Thunderbird , Apple Mail, Eudora, Mac Mail to Office 365, Entourage etc.The best way is to export MBOX into Outlook 365 , a well known web-based application. This article describes solutions to transfer Thunderbird MBOX Files to Office 365 platform.

Technique to convert MBOX to Office365

 There is no direct method available until now to convert MBOX files to Office365.But you can convert MBOX files by a two step procedure. First by converting MBOX files into PST and later importing PST files for easy migration of MBOX into Office 365. This method can be extremely beneficial for the users who seek to move with technology and upgrade features.

STEP 1: MBOX to PST Conversion 

 

Steps to convert MBOX to PST 

 First method is to convert MBOX to PST. Follow the steps that will help you reach one step closer towards MBOX to Office365:

• Make sure you have Thunderbird Email Client. Now, Run Mozilla Thunderbird email client on your system.

• Select the folder and press Ctrl + A.

• Right click on the selected messages and choose Save As Option.

• Browse the destination folder on your system.

• Now Open Microsoft Outlook.

• Create a new folder on Outlook by Right clicking on the current folder and select Create a new Folder.

• Rename the folder

• Drag all the selected emails that you have exported from Thunderbird to MS Outlook.

(Note: This manual approach is only effective when there are limited emails to be exported from MBOX to Office365 )

 Limitations of using this method:

• Dragging and Dropping files can be very Time-consuming task.

• Broken & Irregular Graphics Display. You might get discontinuous graphic display after the conversion

• Risk of losing essential data

• Corrupted header file.

• Missing files conversion.

Though the process works well to an extent but can be troublesome for the users who want to migrate their data securely and quickly. You can overcome these difficulties with the help of a third party tool. Best alternative method you can implement is to use MBOX to PST Converter. For more features:

(Recommended : To convert MBOX to Office365 first use this tool and then the tool mentioned in step 2. This will help to convert your data effectively and securely.)

STEP 2: Outlook PST to Office365

 

Steps to convert PST to Office365

Second step is to import PST File to Office365. For this you need to install the below mentioned tool and you can quickly convert MBOX to Office365

Advantages of using this technique:

• Assured conversion with security of data

• Selective as well as bulk conversion of data.

• There is no file size limitation.

• Maintains the Hierarchy of the data

• Outlook Installation is not necessary for Conversion

Final Thought:

Since there is no direct manual method for the conversion for MBOX to office365. This is one of the effective ways that can help you import MBOX file to Office365 securely without any data loss. This articles describes step by step method that will help the user to seek knowledge in up-gradation of their existing technology. You can also export MBOX file into Office365 :

• Thunderbird to Office365
• Apple Mail to Office365
• Eudora to Office365
• Mac Mail to Office 365
• Entourage to office 365

Commonly asked Questions:

Q).I have been using Thunderbird from a very long time. After hearing that Thunderbird is dead and will no longer be giving updates for users made me quite disappointed with this fact. I would like to move to Office365. Is there any method that could help me migrate MBOX file from Thunderbird to Office 365?

A) Yes, you can convert MBOX to Office365 by following the two steps: firstly you need to convert MBOX to PST with the help of a tool and secondly by converting pst to office365 with the help of  Office365 restore Tool.

Q)Is there any manual way that could help me import MBOX file to Office365 ?

A) No, there is no direct manual way to import MBOX file to Office365. You can convert all the mails through above mentioned steps.

Q) Does this method support to switch Thunderbird to Office365 ?

A) Yes, this method will effectively aids  to export Thunderbird to Outlook 365 by following the the two steps mentioned above.