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):
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:
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 Outlook 2000, choose File | Import
and point to your .mmf file.
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.
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.
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.