Most users want to do the following conversions:

1. Convert the Lotus Notes names.nsf file to the default Outlook Contacts folder in the Exchange mailbox.
2. Convert the Lotus Notes a_xxx.nsf archive file to a PST file on the user’s local hard drive.
3. Convert the messages and calendar in the Lotus Notes server-side mailbox to the Exchange mailbox.

Performing these three conversions requires the following three command lines:

Addrload nsf pst
Addrload -mrv nsf:server!! pst
Addrload -mv nsf Archive.pst

The first command converts the names.nsf address book, the second command converts the server-side messages and calendar, and the third command converts the Lotus Notes archive to a PST file in the default Outlook data directory.

You would normally place all three command lines in a batch file so that they will be run all together.

Address Magic Enterprise PLUS provides the flexibility you need to convert Notes to Outlook, supporting virtually any required mapping from folders to mailboxes or PST files. You can also convert to files on file servers, non-default contacts folders, PST files at a particular path, or non-default mailboxes.

Not only are these strategies time-consuming, they also require significant technical prowess. Many people just want a simple way to get it done.

Address Magic Personal PLUS makes it easy to convert your address book and email from Thunderbird to Outlook 2002, 2003 or 2007. (Outlook 2010 support is coming soon!) It takes four clicks to copy your email and another four clicks to copy your default address book. You can see screen shots for how easy this is:

By following this short wizard, all of your email is copied. Your folder hierarchy is maintained, your messages are transferred with the urgency, dates, read/unread indicator, and other flags. Large files are supported with no difficulty; 2-GB mail folders are routinely transferred at up to 300 MB/minute.

Address Magic also takes care of putting everything in the correct folder. For example, the Thunderbird “Sent” folder is converted to the Outlook “Sent Items” folder.

There are two folders that aren’t converted. The “Trash” folder is ignored. If you want to convert your trash, then copy the contents to another folder. The “Unsent” is not converted so as to prevent messages from being sent by both Thunderbird and by Outlook.

To transfer your default address book from the Thunderbird Personal Address Book to the default Outlook Contacts folder, run Address Magic again and choose to convert Address Books. You don’t need to choose the folder names in this case – Address Magic automatically handles using the correct default folder in each email application.

You can learn more about using Address Magic Personal PLUS to convert Thunderbird to Outlook.

If you have more than 25 users, you should instead use Address Magic Enterprise PLUS.