Gmail .mbox to Outlook .pst - Any recommendations?

[StevieM]

I'm not sure which forum to post this in, but here is as good as any.

 

We're in the process of moving admin emails from our LA Gmail service to our school Microsoft 365 tenancy. I've been able to redirect any new incoming emails, but we also want to be able to access historic emails.

 

The LA has enabled Google Takeout, which has allowed me to download the contents of one account in .mbox format, but I can't import it into Outlook.

 

Can anyone recommend a good mbox to pst converter?

[aicrd]

Mozilla Thunderbird can open MBOX files and then export emails to .eml files. You can then drag and drop the .eml files into Outlook and it should copy across onto a PST / email acccount.

 

 

Edit: You could also directly add the Gmail accounts in Outlook and then just export to a PST from that.

Edited April 29, 2021 by aicrd

[StevieM]

Thanks for the ideas.

 

I've tried (and still trying) to connect the Gmail accounts to Outlook, but it just isn't working. I've setup 2FA and created an app password in Gmail, but Outlook just won't connect. It may be something to do with the LA's administration, so I'll get back in touch with if necessary.

 

As a last resort, can the emails be exported from Thuderbird in bulk? At least one account is MASSIVE.

[aicrd]

Don't think you can bulk export from thunderbird. I know last time I did this (Migrated a single account) I just added it onto Outlook, downloaded all the emails and then exported it that way.

[TwistedHelixis]

Can't you migrate the emails from Gmail to 365? I have only gone from 365 to Gmail so not looked in to doing it the other way round, but would imagine you can just migrate the user accounts + emails so everything is the same as it was before.

 

EDIT

Google tackout would be my last (end of World) method of getting at email data.

Edited April 30, 2021 by TwistedHelixis