Supported Formats
Aid4Mail can read mail from:
- Microsoft Exchange through Outlook/MAPI(1) (except Aid4Mail Home) or IMAP(2),
- Outlook Personal Storage files(1) (*.pst),
- Outlook MSG files(1) (*.msg),
- Outlook Express versions 5 and 6 (*.dbx, *.eml and *.nws),
- Outlook Express version 4 (*.idx and *.mbx),
- Windows Live Mail (*.eml;*.nws),
- Windows Mail (Vista mail client),
- IMAP accounts,
- Webmail services that offer IMAP access, e.g. Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail, FastMail, GMX Mail, Outlook Live, etc,
- Mozilla Thunderbird mailbox files,
- SeaMonkey mailbox files,
- Netscape mailbox files,
- Apple Mail (Mail.app) message files (*.emlx),
- Qualcomm Eudora mailbox files (*.toc and *.mbx),
- Eudora OSE mailbox files,
- Macintosh Eudora mailbox files,
- Generic mailbox files (mbox, Entourage MBOX, Evolution, Berkeley mail, BSD mail, Unix mail format),
- EML message files (*.eml),
- MHT Web Archive files (*.mht),
- Pegasus mailbox files (*.pmi, *.pmm, and *.cnm),
- The Bat! mailbox files(3) (*.msb and *.tbb),
- PocoMail mailbox files (*.idx, *.idb, and *.mbx),
- Barca mailbox files (*.idx, *.idb, and *.mbx),
- FoxMail mailbox files up to version 6.5 (*.box),
- Opera mailbox files (*.mbs)
- Calypso and Courier archive files,
- Forte Agent mailbox files (*.idx),
- Pine mbox files (with limited "From " escaping),
- PMMail message files (*.msg),
- Maildir folders (local copies),
- MSN Mail v8 (*.MailDB),
- Mailbag Assistant mailbox files (*.mbg),
- E-mail Examiner mailbox files (*.pmx),
- Aid4Mail ZIP archives (*.zip).
Aid4Mail can export/save mail to:
- Microsoft Exchange through Outlook/MAPI(1) (except Aid4Mail Home) or IMAP(2),
- Outlook Personal Storage files(1) (*.pst),
- Outlook MSG files(1) (*.msg) – only if source mail comes from Microsoft Exchange or Outlook files,
- Windows Live Mail,
- Windows Mail (Vista mail client),
- IMAP accounts,
- Webmail services that offer IMAP access, e.g. Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail, FastMail, GMX Mail, Outlook Live, etc,
- Mozilla Thunderbird mailbox files,
- SeaMonkey mailbox files,
- Eudora OSE mailbox files,
- Netscape mailbox files,
- PocoMail mailbox files (*.mbx),
- Barca mailbox files (*.mbx),
- Generic mailbox files, (mbox, Entourage MBOX, Evolution, Berkeley mail, BSD mail, Unix mail format),
- EML message files (*.eml),
- XML files (*.xml),
- Plain text files (*.txt),
- MHT Web Archive files (*.mht) - linked from an HTML index page or an MS Excel Workbook file (not available in Aid4Mail Home),
- MHT files with tab-delimited data file for import into a database (not available in Aid4Mail Home),
- Adobe Acrobat PDF files (not available in Aid4Mail Home),
- Aid4Mail ZIP archives (*.zip).
Notes:
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To process (from/to) Outlook MSG files, PST files, and Outlook/MAPI mail profiles, Aid4Mail requires either a 32-bit version of Office Outlook or a standalone version of MAPI. For details, free options, and limitations, see the System Requirements.
Only Aid4Mail Console can export a source MAPI profile or PST file to a target MAPI profile or PST file. With Aid4Mail Home, Aid4Mail Professional, and Aid4Mail eDiscovery, the workaround is to first export your emails to the Outlook MSG format, and then re-export those files to your target format.
- Microsoft Exchange can either be processed through an Outlook/MAPI mail profile(1), or through the IMAP protocol in which case the Exchange server needs to be set up for IMAP access (see instructions).
- Aid4Mail cannot process encrypted The Bat! mail files. In this case, you will first have to export your messages with The Bat! to a Generic mailbox format, which Aid4Mail can then process to any of the supported formats.
- Aid4Mail currently does not offer tools to convert address books, filters, or account settings from one format to another.
