Thread: MailStore Home

Backing up email is difficult, and you can't search messages across multiple clients. MailStore Home solves both problems, importing messages from multiple systems and programs, storing them on your hard disk and letting you simultaneously search through them all. Once you've imported the mail, you can also back it up to a CD.

Outlook, Thunderbird, Windows Live Mail and other programs are supported. If you import from POP3 and IMAP accounts, some limitations apply - for example, you can import only your inbox. Additionally, you won't be able to import Outlook .pst files directly; instead, you'll have to import folders individually, which can take time.

If you've had enough of dealing with Outlook, it's easy enough to switch to an alternative email service. Mozilla Thunderbird 2 is yours for the price of a download and can import messages from multiple accounts. You'll need to know the address of your inbound and outbound email server and to have your user account details and password to hand.

Go to Tools, Import to acquire messages from other accounts. Here, you can grab existing address books, entries and settings. Also useful is the File, Offline option that Settings allows you to work with contacts even while not connected to the internet or a network.