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Outlook, PST, EML and local folders

Pierre de la Verre
Pierre de la Verre
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Hi,

I need help on topic "Outlook, PST, EML and local folders".

I have .. - Win 10, 64 bit - Outlook 2010 - current thunderbird, first time installed 10 days ago (newbie!) - a huge, locally stored PST file with a lot of folders, like "in_2014 / In_2015 / .. / Out_2014 / Out_2015"

I want .. - to have access to the mails in the PST with Thunderbird.

I did .. - read some information and found that there is no direct access - install ImportExportTools NG - tried to import "Via Outlook", but failed: "No profile found". I think Outlook 2010 is too old - install "Outlook Viewer" from CoolUtils. Opened the PST, exported a lot of EML-files, one for every single mail. - defined a "Local folder", called "in_2014" - copied the EMLs to this folder. They appear in the folder-tree of Thunderbird, but not as single "mails". I have to open (doubleclick) every EML to see the mail. - tried to "Import" the data (one by one / many together / from folder) to the local folder, but got a long error message with a lot a strange error-codes - tried to export data from PST to one single EML with many mails in it. Failed, the software does not offer this feature. - tried to "Import" the EML to a folder of a mail account. This was successful, but only the first step. - tried to move / copy the currently imported mails from mail-account to my local folder: failed again without reaction and without message.

What can I do now? How to get mails from a PST to a locally stored, Thunderbird readable structure?

Thanks in advance for help.

Hi, I need help on topic "Outlook, PST, EML and local folders". I have .. - Win 10, 64 bit - Outlook 2010 - current thunderbird, first time installed 10 days ago (newbie!) - a huge, locally stored PST file with a lot of folders, like "in_2014 / In_2015 / .. / Out_2014 / Out_2015" I want .. - to have access to the mails in the PST with Thunderbird. I did .. - read some information and found that there is no direct access - install ImportExportTools NG - tried to import "Via Outlook", but failed: "No profile found". I think Outlook 2010 is too old - install "Outlook Viewer" from CoolUtils. Opened the PST, exported a lot of EML-files, one for every single mail. - defined a "Local folder", called "in_2014" - copied the EMLs to this folder. They appear in the folder-tree of Thunderbird, but not as single "mails". I have to open (doubleclick) every EML to see the mail. - tried to "Import" the data (one by one / many together / from folder) to the local folder, but got a long error message with a lot a strange error-codes - tried to export data from PST to one single EML with many mails in it. Failed, the software does not offer this feature. - tried to "Import" the EML to a folder of a mail account. This was successful, but only the first step. - tried to move / copy the currently imported mails from mail-account to my local folder: failed again without reaction and without message. What can I do now? How to get mails from a PST to a locally stored, Thunderbird readable structure? Thanks in advance for help.

Solution eye eponami

Let's start with the EMLs in the folder you created using Outlook Viewer. Here are next steps:

  1. store the EML messages in a folder in windows file explorer (that is, not a folder in thunderbird)
  2. in thunderbird, highlight Local Folders, rightclick and create the folder 'in_2014'
  3. now, highlight the in_2014 folder, rightclick and select the importexport option to 'import all EML messages from a directory' and then locate and select the folder in which you stored the EML messages

The result should be as intended.

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david
david
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Solution eye oponami

Let's start with the EMLs in the folder you created using Outlook Viewer. Here are next steps:

  1. store the EML messages in a folder in windows file explorer (that is, not a folder in thunderbird)
  2. in thunderbird, highlight Local Folders, rightclick and create the folder 'in_2014'
  3. now, highlight the in_2014 folder, rightclick and select the importexport option to 'import all EML messages from a directory' and then locate and select the folder in which you stored the EML messages

The result should be as intended.

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Pierre de la Verre
Pierre de la Verre Nkolo motuna
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Thanks, works fine now.

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Pierre de la Verre
Pierre de la Verre Nkolo motuna
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Hmmh, subsequent problems ..

I could import approx. 20'000 mails in 20 "local folders", this worked (rather) fine. Thunderbird crashed three times but finally I got it. The files have a size from 400 MB to 1.6 GB - and this seem to be a problem.

When I want to open a mail, it takes 10-15 sec "loading it". I tried to "compress" one data-file with 700 MB, but it increased to 1.6 GB, the MSF file has only 2 kB and the folder shows "1 mail in folder".

I can remake the destroyed(??) data-file, that's not the main problem. But I wold like to know if this data-load is too big for common usage. I have a computer with Win 10 64 bit with intel i7 - not the newest one, but works good.

Or does Thunderbird need some time (some hours?) to organize and to arrange the new mass of data?

Have a fine time!

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Tuna motuna

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