How to Open Lotus Notes Emails into Windows Live Mail EML?

Convert Lotus Notes Emails into Windows Live Mail EML

In this section, we will discuss how one can open Lotus Notes emails into Windows Live Mail EML file format. First of all, we will discuss about Lotus Notes and Windows Live Mail and then reasons to move Lotus Notes to Windows Live Mail.

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About Lotus Notes and Windows Live Mail

Lotus Notes is a collaborative client-server application that includes instant messaging, file sharing, browsing, and other business related tasks. It is well known for its security features that no other clients offer you. Users can apply encryption to all NSF files while sending or receiving messages. NSF is the database storage file format used by Lotus Notes.

Windows Live Mail is a free application and it is successor of Outlook Express and Windows Mail. Now Windows Live Mail comes with additional features and can run on Windows 10 and other versions. All data in Windows Live Mail is saved into EML file format.

Why users move from Lotus Notes to Windows Live Mail?

There are many reasons to perform the data conversion. Lotus Notes is a technical email client due to which many non-tech users find it difficult to use. On the other hand, EML file format is well supported by Windows Live Mail, Thunderbird, The Bat, etc.

Another reason is cross-platform. Moving to a different organization and require previous emails from Lotus Notes application. If required format is EML then users need to export Lotus Notes emails into Windows Live EML format.

Manual solution to Move Lotus Notes emails to Windows Live Mail EML

Before this, make sure to install both email clients properly on your system. Then, follow these steps –

• Open Lotus Notes email client. Select the desired email that you want to save in EML format.
• Now, go to File menu and choose Save as option.
• Select the File name and hit on Save button

Drawbacks of manual method

The manual method seems to be easy but it is not effective and unable to provide accurate results. Moreover, single email can be moved at a time which indicates it is a lengthy method and is not useful for huge amount of data. Therefore, users are looking for other solutions. In the next section of this post, we will share an alternate solution with you for the conversion.

Automated solution to open Lotus Notes emails into Windows Live Mail EML

Using NSF to EML Converter by GainTools, one can smoothly and safe export emails and attachments from Lotus Notes to Windows Live Mail EML file format. In a few steps, users can move Lotus Notes mailbox items into WLM file format.

Find key highlights of the software:

• Convert multiple emails from Lotus Notes to WLM file format
• Option for selected emails conversion from Lotus Notes NSF file
• Ensures 100% safe and smart conversion results
• Scan and preview feature prior exporting Lotus Notes emails to WLM
• Migrate Lotus Notes files with attachments, email headers, and email properties
• Available with free version to export first 10 items per folder
• Support all Lotus Notes versions without any trouble

Follow the steps to convert emails from Lotus Notes file to Windows Live Mail

• Simply launch the software on any Windows system.

• Now, you are asked to add Lotus Notes NSF file using the Browse button.

• After this, you can get preview of NSF data items. Also, mark items to export from NSF file.

• Choose EML format and set a location for saving EML files.

• Hit the Convert Now button and this will export all Lotus Notes emails into Windows Live Mail with attachments.

Steps to import Lotus Notes emails to Windows Live Mail –

• Open Windows Live Mail. Go to File menu, choose Import and then messages option.
• Select Windows Live Mail.
• Click on Next and browse the location where EML files are saved.
• Click Next and select all or desired folders
• Press Next and this will start the process.

Final Thoughts

Exporting Lotus Notes mailboxes into Windows Live Mail is not a tough task but it needs a smart and safe solution for the conversion. In this article, we have discussed such a safe and instant solution by which you can easily perform the conversion. Since, manual ways are not safe to use hence we don’t recommend them.