Accuracy: Importing Outlook mail into Thunderbird

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 Thunderbird's import tool, when transferring an email message from Outlook 2010 to Thunderbird 3.

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

Using the Thunderbird 3 import tool

Note the following problems:

Outlook message imported into Thunderbird

Importing an Outlook 2010 email message into Thunderbird using the Thunderbird 3 import tool.

Using Aid4Mail

With Aid4Mail, the email is converted correctly without any of the problems mentioned above.

Outlook message exported to Thunderbird with Aid4Mail

Converting an Outlook 2010 email message to Thunderbird using Aid4Mail.

With Aid4Mail, the embedded picture is displayed correctly and in context, the Chinese file attachment name is preserved, diacritical marks (like é, è, ç) are correctly rendered, and French names and text are legible. Not visible in the screen shot is the status information that has all been correctly preserved (Read, Replied, and Flagged).

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