What is Pine Mail
Alpine Mail is a freeware text-based email client originally developed for the Unix platform in 1989. Pine wordt nu niet ontwikkeld of ondersteund, de software is stopgezet in 2005.
Echter, a surprisingly large number of users still ask how to migrate from Pine email client to Outlook. And the problem is real: Microsoft Outlook simply does not offer any ways to import Pine messages to Outlook. Partially because (let us be honest) it does not have to. And partially, because Pine is an email client developed for a competing platform.
If you are a Pine user too and you need to convert your Pine messages to Outlook, deze tutorial is voor jou.
How to convert messages from Pine to Outlook
While there is no direct way to convert Pine to Outlook, there is a workaround. Allereerst, you convert your message folders to the MBOX format – and Pine does support this. Dan, you import MBOX files to Outlook.
Importing MBOX files can be done with the third-party software developed exactly for difficult cases like this – MBOX to Outlook Transfer. This app quickly and 100% effortlessly transfers MBOX mailboxes to MS Outlook PST files. Here is a step-by-step to follow:
Stap 1: Save Pine folders to MBOX
There is a built-in possibility in Pine to save email folders as MBOX files. Follow these steps to do this:
- Open a folder in Pine you want to export.
- Druk op ';' op uw toetsenbord om de opdracht 'Berichten selecteren' uit te voeren, druk dan op 'de’ om alle berichten te selecteren.
- Druk op 'de' om een commando toe te passen op de geselecteerde berichten, druk dan op 'en’ voor het exportcommando.
- Geef een naam op voor uw MBOX-bestand.
- Herhaal indien nodig met andere mappen.
This will export your correspondence to the MBOX format. Make sure to remember where you saved your MBOX files, because we will need this location later.
Stap 2: Installeer MBOX naar Outlook Transfer
The trickiest part of the Pine-to-Outlook migration procedure is importing MBOX files. Manual conversion is not an option – Outlook does not read MBOX files altogether. That is why you need MBOX to Outlook Transfer. This tool can take any MBOX file, exported from a number of email clients including Pine or, bijvoorbeeld, Thunderbird, and saves the data in it to an Outlook PST file.
To download MBOX to Outlook Transfer, klik op de onderstaande knop. After download finishes (1-2 me), install the program.
* - De niet-geregistreerde versie converteert een beperkt aantal berichtenHet hoofdvenster van MBOX naar Outlook Transfer ziet er als volgt uit::
Stap 3: Blader door de map met MBOX-bestanden
To start your conversion, Klik op de ... button to browse for the folder where you saved the MBOX files. If you move from another computer, select the removable media where you copied your MBOX files instead.
Klik op de Scanmap knop. MBOX naar Outlook Transfer scant het opgegeven pad en vindt alle MBOX-bestanden erin. De gevonden e-mailcontainers worden onmiddellijk weergegeven in het hoofdvenster.
Stap 4: MBOX-gegevens importeren in Outlook
To import MBOX containers to Outlook, Klik op de PST opslaan knop. Specify a location where you want to save the PST file. Dan, you should also pick an Outlook folder to import the data from Pine mailboxes to.
Eindelijk, click OK to start conversion.
The processing of MBOX files can take some time depending on the number of files and their overall size. While MBOX to Outlook Transfer implements one of the most performing conversion engines, you still may need to wait a bit, especially if the Pine mailboxes contain gigabytes of data.
Wanneer het proces is voltooid, het programma opent automatisch het resulterende PST-bestand in Outlook.