admin | January 19th, 2021 | MS Outlook
Email migration is a complicated process especially if it involves email clients with different mailbox formats. Likewise is the scenario of converting The Bat to MS Outlook. However, complication does not mean that there are no ways. In this blog, you will know how to perform The Bat to Outlook migration using both free and automated methods.
Now let us understand where the complications lie in this email migration scenario.
The Bat mail, by default stores its mailbox emails in .tbb files locally. It also has the option to export the messages in the simple and convenient MBOX files.
While MS Outlook uses PST format to store its mailbox locally and has no relation with TBB or MBOX format. As it lacks the option to directly import The Bat mailbox files, it is important to use a medium to transfer the data between them.
This medium can be a webmail IMAP account or a third-party tool. We have discussed both of them here. So the choice is ultimately yours to make.
The two methods are as follows:
This method has high risks of losing data. And it is not recommended to use this process if the mailbox size i.e., number of emails are large.
Since the two email clients support different file formats, it is always a good option to convert one format into another using a third-party application. This will create new files 100% compatible with destination email client (in this case, Outlook).
Note: Do note that we will be using MBOX file and not TBB ones as source files for the conversion into PST format. This is done since MBOX files are simple in structure and are easy to process (easy to retain metadata and attachments). Another reason is that users can select and convert only required emails while exporting MBOX files from The Bat client.
Step 1: Export MBOX from The Bat
Step 2: Convert The Bat to Outlook PST
The conversion is successful and you will obtain PST files 100% compatible with MS Outlook 2019 and below versions. Now, you simply need to import these files in Outlook:
Email migration is not easy especially if it involves two completely different email applications. To make the Bat to Outlook transition easy, we provided two methods in this article. Users have the discretion to choose any method. However, we will recommend the second method as it is simple to execute, and prevents data-loss.