How to Import Thunderbird Mail into Outlook 2010?

Summary: This blog is all about exporting Thunderbird mail into Outlook 2010 that can be implemented by using either manual approach or converting Thunderbird to Outlook email platform. In this blog, we are going to explain both the methods.
Thunderbird and Outlook both are well known email application. Thunderbird is developed by Mozilla Foundation while Outlook is a desktop based email application of Microsoft Corporation. Both the email application are useful in their own way. But when we compare both of them in terms of features and function Outlook comes out as a winner. That is why various Thunderbird account holder are switching email client Outlook 2010 and searching for the medium to import old Thunderbird data in Outlook. The write up provides simple way to explain how to import Thunderbird mail into Outlook 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and below editions.

Migrate Thunderbird to Outlook 2010 via Manual Approach

Start Mozilla Thunderbird email application.
Open the folder that contains Thunderbird files and select the mails to be imported.
(To select the emails, press and hold the ‘Ctrl’ key and click on the emails. To select all emails in the folder, press ‘Ctrl and A’ keys.)
Next Right click on the selected emails and choose ‘Save As’ option.
Select any location path to save the Thunderbird emails as EML and hit ‘Select Folder’ to export the mails.
Run MS Outlook 2010.
In the main interface, click on ‘New folder’ and give suitable name in Name box then click Ok button. Keep the folder open in Outlook.
(A new folder is created in Outlook)
Next select all the emails that you saved in EML file format.
Drag the emails and drop them in the middle pane of Outlook 2010.

Drawbacks of Manual Approach

Installation of Thunderbird and Outlook is required to implement Thunderbird emails export to Outlook.
The process is time consuming and lengthy.
Any mistake may result loss of database.
Technical knowledge is required.

Automated Way to Import Thunderbird Emails to Outlook

Apart from manual approaches there is professional solution available that support to move Thunderbird profile complete to Outlook automatically. CubexSoft Thunderbird to Outlook Converter is one such solution that migrate unlimited Thunderbird email files to Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007 and 2003. The software can be easily handle by both the technical and non-technical background users. The tool is designed by experts for bunch of Thunderbird files export to Outlook in single time processing. Along with email files, the tool support to save contact and calendar to Outlook also. The mail properties of Thunderbird emails such as header, hyperlinks, email address, time stamps, etc. remain intact after conversion in PST.
The software save Thunderbird files with accurate hierarchy in Outlook. The tool provides error-free solution of how to import Thunderbird mail into Outlook 2010. To learn more details, try demo edition of Thunderbird Converter. The demo edition allows to import up to 20 Thunderbird emails in Outlook for free of cost. To import unlimited Thunderbird email files, get access to license edition of Thunderbird to PST Converter.

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