Accuracy: Extracting Outlook STMP header using a competing product

Accuracy examples:

  1. Importing Outlook mail into Thunderbird
  2. Importing Eudora mail into Thunderbird
  3. Importing Eudora mail into Outlook
  4. Exporting Eudora mail using a competing product
  5. Extracting Outlook STMP header using a competing product

Comparing conversion accuracy between Aid4Mail, and a competing migration tool, when extracting an SMPT email header from Outlook 2010.

The latest updates of all programs were used at the time of testing (mid-February 2011).

Using the competing product

The competing migration tool claims to be industry-leading and award-winning. However, note the following problems:

From: =?UTF-8?Q?"Bill Caff=c3=a9" <bill@aid4mail.net>?=
To: =?UTF-8?Q?"St=c3=a9phane Fran=c3=a7ois" <steve@aid4mail.net>?=
cc: =?UTF-8?Q?"'Lisa Gruy=c3=a8re'" <lisa@gruyere.org>?=
cc: "John Fire" <john@aid4mail.net>
cc: "Tim Sand" <tim@aid4mail.net>
Priority: Low
X-Priority: 5
X-Mozilla-Status: 0001
Subject: Poem by Charles Baudelaire
MIME-Version: 1.0
Message-ID: <001901cbcf87$707c25b0$51747110$@aid4mail.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:18:13 0100
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;boundary="Next_Item:_(A3CB49KFSA19)/1"

Extracting an SMTP header from Outlook 2010 using a competing mail migration tool.

Using Aid4Mail

With Aid4Mail, the complete original SMTP header is preserved as is the original email format.

Return-path: <bill@aid4mail.net>
Envelope-to: bill@aid4mail.net
Delivery-date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:18:13 -0500
Received: from 131-39.62-81.cust.bluewin.ch ([81.62.39.131]:17353 helo=PrecisionT3500)
	by centaur.dewahost.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.69)
	(envelope-from <bill@aid4mail.net>)
	id 1PqT25-00058l-7Z; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:18:13 -0500
From: =?utf-8?Q?Bill_Caff=C3=A9?= <bill@aid4mail.net>
To: =?utf-8?Q?St=C3=A9phane_Fran=C3=A7ois?= <steve@aid4mail.net>
Cc: =?utf-8?Q?'Lisa_Gruy=C3=A8re'?= <lisa@gruyere.org>,
	"John Fire" <john@aid4mail.net>,
	"Tim Sand" <tim@aid4mail.net>
Subject: Poem by Charles Baudelaire
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:18:08 +0100
Organization: Fookes Software
Message-ID: <001901cbcf87$707c25b0$51747110$@aid4mail.net>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-Priority: 5 (Lowest)
X-MSMail-Priority: Low
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0
Importance: Low
Thread-Index: AcvPhydgtD/Fiez1TJSn19MfhrGhJw==
Content-Language: en-us
Status: RO
X-Folder: Inbox

Extracting an SMTP header from Outlook 2010 using Aid4Mail.

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