How to Perform Lotus Notes to Outlook Conversion

 Posted by sysinspire

 Posted on: September 14, 2020

 Categories: Email Conversion, Email Migration

 Reading Time: 3 minutes

IBM Lotus Notes is an email client that is very popular among all email users. But within past years, users found Microsoft Outlook as the best alternative to Lotus Notes. Now, most of the users are want to perform Lotus Notes to Outlook Conversion to get a quick and reliable method for communication.

There can be various reasons for a user to convert Lotus Notes NSF file to Outlook PST (personal storage table) are mentioned below:-

• The conversion of the NSF file to PST is important when users are migrating from Lotus Notes to Outlook emails client.
• To access the Lotus Notes database through an Outlook installed computer.
• Convert NSF files into PST to save Lotus Notes database as a backup.

Manual Method to perform Lotus Notes to PST Conversion

NSF to PST conversion is a two-step process. The first one involves exporting Lotus Notes Mail Files to CSV and the second one involves importing the exported mailbox file (CSV) in Outlook.

Exporting Lotus Notes Files to CSV

To export the Lotus Notes mailboxes files, you need to follow the below- mentioned steps.

1. Open the Lotus Notes application on your computer and bring the NSF file.
2. Now click on the ‘File‘ option from the toolbar and Click ‘Export‘.
3. This process will open an Export wizard window.
4. Choose the file type “Comma Separated Value” and browse the location & give a name to this file to save it.
5. End up the wizard and export the mail file by clicking the ‘Export’ button.

Importing the Mailbox file in MS Outlook

To import the exported Mailbox files in MS Outlook, you need to follow the below-mentioned steps.

1. Open MS Outlook application.
2. From the ‘File‘ menu, click on “Open Export” then ‘Import and Export‘ option.
3. Now an ‘Import and Export‘ wizard will open up, select from import from another program or file and click ‘Next‘.
4. Choose the ‘Comma Separated Values‘ option and the “Next”.
5. Browse the location of the CSV file and select the required option of duplicate items.
6. Now select the desired folder to save NSF file data and Click ‘Finish’.

Most efficient program to perform Lotus Notes to PST Conversion

Users can easily utilize this magnificent software called SysInspire Lotus Notes to Outlook Conversion Software. It provides the option to save the Lotus Notes database from the NSF file to another file types like- PST, MSG, EML, EMLX, and many more.

Conversion of NSF file into PST format can be performed by following the below-mentioned steps.

1. Download & Launch NSF Converter.
   
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2. Click on Select NSF file button given on the toolbar to quickly get the NSF file.
   
   
   
3. Browse the location of NSF file and click on start scanning.
   
   
   
4. Now, this software will show you all mailbox components of the NSF file select required items of them.
   
   
   
5. Click the ‘Convert’ button to get the file format options to save the converted mail items.
   
   
6. Choose the desired file format (PST) and file saving location to save the converted items and click Convert to start the Conversion.