Note:- This document will guide you for How to Migrate Microsoft Outlook Data and Contacts to Mozilla Thunderbird in Enjay Tiguin Linux.
Outlook Data (.pst) Backup:-
- You Can see here my outlook mailbox.
- Also there are so many sub-folders in my mailbox.
- Go to Tools => Click on Account Settings.
- Click on Data Files Tab.
- Select your Mail ID Data Path
- Click on Open Folder.
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Close Your Outlook other wise your data (.pst) will not copy properly.
- You can see here my Outlook pst size is 1.7 G.B.
- Copy your pst file to your Backup.
Outlook Contacts Backup:-
- Start your Outlook and go to File => Click on Import and Export.
- Select Export to a File and click on Next.
- Select Comma Separated Values and click on Next.
- Select Contacts and click on Next.
- Click on Browse Button.
- Click on Documents.
- Type contact in File Name and click on OK.
- Click on Next Button.
- Click on Finish Button.
- Go to Documents and copy contact.csv file to your backup.
Update Thunderbird Migration Tool in Tiguin:-
- Go to Main Menu => System Tools => Tiguin Update Manager.
- Select Thunderbird-Tool and click on Apply.
- After Installing the update close Update Manager.
Email Account Configuration:-
- Go to Main Menu => Internet Thunderbird Mail.
- Click on Skip this and use my existing email.
- Enter Your Name, Email Address and Password.
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Enter only that Email Address which backup you want to restore, if you will use different email address then your backup will not restore.
- My Domain is in Gmail account so it have auto detected.
- If you have other domain then click on Manual Config.
- Enter your Incoming, Outgoing server details, Port, SSL, Authentication and click on Done.
- Now you can see here my email account is configured in Thundebird.
Outlook Data Migration to Thunderbird:-
- Copy your .pst file and .csv file to Desktop from your Backup.
- Right click on.pst file and click on Rename.
- Change your pst file name as Outlook.pst and click on OK.
- Go to Main Menu => Internet => Thunderbird Migration Tool.
- Check mark on E-mail Migration.
- Click on Browse Icon.
- Click on Desktop select Outlook.pst and click on Open.
- Check mark on Contact Migration.
- Click on Browse Icon.
- Click on Desktop select contact.csv and click on Open.
- Click on Apply.
- Now you can see here your Data Migration process is running so please wait.
- My Outlook.pst file size is 1.7 G.B. so it have took 35 minutes for migration process.
- Now you can see here you data migration process is completed successfully.
- Please read the instruction and close.
- Now you can see here my all email and sub-folders is available in y mailbox.
Import Contacts in Address Book:-
- Click on Address Book.
- Go to Tools and click on Import.
- Select Address Books and click on Next.
- Select Text File and click on Next.
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Don't select your contact.csv from Desktop because we have already migrated it to Migrated.csv.
- Click on your profile folder in Places.
- Double click on Thunderbird.
- Change LDIF File type to Comma Separated.
- Select Migration.csv and clock on Open.
- Click on OK.
- Click on Finish.
- Now you can see here my all contacts is Imported.