“I use Mozilla Thunderbird email client for my work purpose. Now I want to switch to another email client. But these emails are important for me. So I want to save all these emails to my hard drive. Can anyone tell me how can I save Thunderbird emails file to hard drive with complete data?”
Are you also searching for solutions to these above mention questions? If yes, then don’t worry we are going to address this issue in this write-up.
Today we will discuss two different approaches to copy all emails from the Thunderbird email file to the hard drive. But before we move further, let’s know about the key term used in this article.
Mozilla Thunderbird is is a free and open-source email client as a personal information manager, news client, chat client developed by Mozilla Foundation. This email client stores its email data in an MBOX file format. This email client offers multiple features like an address book, creating events, and many other important features.
Why Mozilla Thunderbird?
As this email client is open source and free of cost, most of the users prefer it over another subscription-based email client. Some of the features of this email clients are –
- You can configure multiple mail account in a single interface.
- One-click address book, one click, and address book window pop-up, and user can save contact data in it.
- Attachment reminder, this email client reminds you to add an attachment if you add this word in the message body.
- Tabbed email lets you load emails in separate tabs so that you can quickly jump between them.
- Also, users can customize this email client interface and features as per need.
Methods to Save Thunderbird Email File to Hard Drive
While searching for the best approach to transfer emails from thunderbird to hard drive, we came across numerous tools and approaches. After testing each and every tool we came up with these few methods. Let’s discuss these methods one after one.
Solution1. Save Emails via Drag and Drop
Step 1. Open Thunderbird email client on your operating system.
Step 2. Now move your cursor to the email message you want to save.
Step 3. Now drag that email and drop it on the desktop.
Step 4. After that, right-click on that file which you drop on desktop, then click on Move to and select to the hard drive.
Step 5. Repeat these steps for the rest of the emails.
This method saves a single Thunderbird message at a time. You will need to repeat this process for each email message that you want to save. Also, this method convert MBOX to EML
Solution 2. Save Emails via Import and Export Tool
Step 1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird Email client.
Step 2. Select the folder you want to save.
Step 3. Right-click on the folder and the ImportExportTool NG and then Export Folder.
Step 4. Create a new folder on your hard drive and rename it.
Step 5. Click on the newly created folder on the hard drive and do.
Your email folder is transferred to your hard drive. Repeat this step to each folder you want to save.
Solution 3. Transfer Thunderbird Email using Save As an option
Step 1. Open This email client on your system.
Step 2. Right-click on the message you wish to save.
Step 3. After that select Save As option.
Step 4. A window will pop up, browse the targeted location to the hard drive and name the folder. After that hit on save button.
Here complete the process, user can check on the location and search for the .eml file. You have to repeat this process for each email message you want to save.
These above mention methods are the manual solution to Save Thunderbird Email files to Hardware. And these methods have some limitations. Some of them are mentioned in the next segment.
Limitation With Manual Methods
Above mention methods are effective to store email messages but with some restrictions, some of them are stated below.
- Using these above mention techniques, users can only save a single message at a time. Imagine if Thunderbird mailbox has 1000 emails, then this method takes ages to complete.
- You can’t save only important emails while using these methods. But if you try to do this, then you have to read each and every message and then save important ones.
- There is no email filter option for transferring some selective emails.
- While saving email messages there is no assurance of data integrity.
To overcome these limitations it is best to use a third-party solution that can easily subside these restrictions and present you with an accurate outcome.
We will discuss one such tool and its working in the next section, so stay with us and read the complete article.
Solution 4. Save Thunderbird Email File to Hard Drive Using Professional Tool
There are numerous tools, among them, one tool is Advik MBOX Converter. This tool is smart enough to save Thunderbird mailbox data in a single attempt. With this utility, the user has the freedom to transfer selective emails from entire mail data. Most importantly while saving emails, this tool makes sure to save all data in its original form and with all email components as it is.
Key Feature Of This Automated Tool
This software has some outstanding features, some of them mentioned below;
- This tool can transfer multiple mailbox files in a single attempt.
- It makes sure to secure your email data and provide data without losing any single bit of information.
- Also, maintain mailbox hierarchy while transferring email data.
- Most importantly this software is compatible with all Windows Operating systems whether it is Windows 11, 10, 9, or other previous versions.
- Simple User interfaces for novice users so that there is no need for technical support.
Working Of this Expert Tool
Step 1. Install and launch this software on your Windows Operating System.
Step 2. Select the file and upload it to this software.
Step 3. After that select the file format in which you want to save emails (i.e. EML)
Step 4. You can use the email filter option to save selected emails from the entire mailbox.
Step 5. Select the targeted location as a hard drive and click on the Convert button.
Here complete the process. You successfully save the Thunderbird email file to Hard Drive. Users can check the .eml file at the selected location.
Conclusion
In this write up we mention different methods to save emails from Thunderbird clients to the hard drive. Users can choose among them as per their needs. The manual method can save emails but there are certain restrictions with this tool. So it is highly recommended to use above mentioned automated tool to transfer all email data from Mozilla thunderbird to a hard drive with a complete mailbox.
Frequently Asked Questions
Question 1. Is this tool able to transfer emails from a particular date range?
Answer. Yes, this email converter has an email filter option that offers a date range option to save emails from a particular date ( from-to).
Question 2. Is this method also transfer attachments with email messages?
Answer. Yes, this tool saves email messages with complete attachments also.
Question 3. Can I export emails from multiple email files?
Answer. Yes, with this tool there is no size limitation. Users can save data from multiple email files in a single attempt. Also, make sure to preserve your email attribute while transferring email data.
Users can also read – How to Convert EML Data Files with Attachments?
