How do I export Lotus Notes from NSF to Outlook?

Overview

There are many organizations which are looking for Lotus Notes migration. According to popular choice among leading organization for efficient email client is MS Outlook. The basic reason behind this can be due to simple and interactive User Interface of MS Outlook. No additional time has to be invested to operate Outlook whereas it is not possible with IBM Lotus Notes.

Although Notes can serve with many features and can integrate with many technologies but this seems not a good choice to work just for emails. It was quite popular in the initial phrase, but now-a-days, for emails, usually people are relying on Outlook.

Ways to export Lotus Notes from NSF to Outlook

• The manual method

So to switch from Lotus Notes to Outlook, one may need to export data into Outlook. This can be easily done with the export option available in Lotus Notes. Just follow these simple steps and export Lotus Notes to Outlook.

1. · Run IBM Lotus Notes application

2. · Choose “Mail” option

3. · On the menu bar, choose “File” option

4. · Then select “Export” to start the process of Lotus Notes file migration to MS Outlook

5. · A wizard will appear. Select the saving location of the new output file.

6. · Select Comma Separated Value and proceed ahead.

7. · After the complete of the entire exportation process, run Outlook.

8. · Select import option from File menu

9. · Select “import from another file” and then choose .csv file which was exported earlier.

Advantages and disadvantages

This method do has a limitation as it export only some items of the mailbox and can miss or ignore items like file attachments, images, email formats, hyperlinks, etc. And hence it is not suggested for complete risk free NSF to PST conversion.

• The mechanical method

To accomplish the task with ant data loss it is advised to use best NSF to PST converter. According to the majority of Lotus Notes administrators, eSoftTools Lotus Notes NSF to Outlook converter software is the perfect solution. It has been tested on NSF file with size around 1TB and no issues were found.

• Download and install this tool.

• Open and select the desired .nsf from the machine and the items from the mailbox as a preview o the entire will be displayed on the screen

• Select the file format as Outlook PST from the list of various file formats which may include file options such as EML, EMLX, MSG, MBOX, Outlook, vCard, ICS, HTML, and CSV

• Select file saving location and click on “Convert” Button

Advantages and disadvantages

This software has the ability to recover inaccessible and deleted email with precision. It is a fast option and does not require much technical skills and time. No risk to data and also the information of the obtained file remains as the original copy. 24*7 support is also available with a free demo for trial.

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