How to convert Outlook PST files to Entourage MBOX

I am migrating over to mac after my windows system has been corrupted.

Luckily I had back-up of all my mails in a storage device. Outlook stored them as .pst files.

What I need to do now is take those .pst files and convert them to .mbox files for Entourage 2008.


I have gone through some steps reading online but the were of no use.

Please suggest some helpful solutions as i don't want to waste time blindly searching.


Thank you

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Oct 14, 2013 4:33 PM

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Posted on Oct 15, 2013 6:51 PM

An easy (and free) way to transfer email from Outlook (Windows) to Mail (Mac) is to use an IMAP account (e.g. Gmail) as an intermediary between the two. It's simple and reliable but can be a bit slow for large amounts of email. Expect over an hour per Gigabyte.

  1. Enable IMAP on your email account.
  2. In Windows, open Outlook and add your IMAP account.
  3. Copy the folders (don't drag and drop them) from your PST file into your IMAP account. Drag and drop will move (not copy) your folders and you may lose mail if the communication is interrupted during the move.
  4. On the Mac, open Mail and add your IMAP account.
  5. If you want your mail stored on your Mac, you can copy it from your IMAP account to mailboxes created by selecting "On My Mac" as the location in the new mailbox dialog inside the Mail application.


Other alternative


You can also use the software approach to solve your problem.

Various softwares/applications/third party tools are available online.


One I am aware of is Pst Converter pro.


Hope this helps

thank you

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Oct 15, 2013 6:51 PM in response to Shaun_77

An easy (and free) way to transfer email from Outlook (Windows) to Mail (Mac) is to use an IMAP account (e.g. Gmail) as an intermediary between the two. It's simple and reliable but can be a bit slow for large amounts of email. Expect over an hour per Gigabyte.

  1. Enable IMAP on your email account.
  2. In Windows, open Outlook and add your IMAP account.
  3. Copy the folders (don't drag and drop them) from your PST file into your IMAP account. Drag and drop will move (not copy) your folders and you may lose mail if the communication is interrupted during the move.
  4. On the Mac, open Mail and add your IMAP account.
  5. If you want your mail stored on your Mac, you can copy it from your IMAP account to mailboxes created by selecting "On My Mac" as the location in the new mailbox dialog inside the Mail application.


Other alternative


You can also use the software approach to solve your problem.

Various softwares/applications/third party tools are available online.


One I am aware of is Pst Converter pro.


Hope this helps

thank you

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Sep 23, 2016 9:37 AM in response to Shaun_77

if you want to move all database from MS outlook application to MBOX or MBX file format then you can easily use softaken PST COnverter tool that will help you to migrate emails from Outlook PST MBOX easily.


REad this article http://www.softaken.com/pst-to-mbox-converter

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