segunda-feira, 27 de agosto de 2018

Como converter o arquivo do Lotus Notes para o Outlook?

Lotus Notes para o Outlook ferramenta é uma das melhores opções para você, porque este software migra facilmente e rapidamente todos os itens de dados da caixa de correio NSF, como e-mails, rascunhos, anexos, revistas, e-mails permanentemente excluídos, notas, contatos, compromissos, e-mails enviados, etc do formato de arquivo PST de trabalho. Lotus Notes para conversor ferramenta do Outlook


IBM Notes which is now available in iPod, iPhone, Android or Google App Store has its proprietary file format as username.nsf and names.nsf. On the other hand, MS Outlook saves the address book, emails and other data in the same file, which is known as PST (Personal Storage Table). It’s understood that PST file differs from NSF file in structure as well as in storage format so it’s not a cake walk process to access Lotus Notes NSF emails in Outlook.

These differences in files, restrict users from accessing the email data of IBM Notes in any other platform including MS Outlook. In that case, we need an exact way that enables us to open NSF file in Outlook. However, many of us are not aware of how to convert Lotus Notes NSF file to Outlook PST manually. They totally rely on the third party utility like Lotus Notes to Outlook converter, somewhere utility is the appropriate way for the conversion, but for a few items, to opt the tool is not smartness.

Utilize "Export & Import" Facility for Notes to Outlook Conversion

The migration of email data from Lotus Notes NSF files to PST can be done using two steps:

  • Export Lotus Notes Files
  • Import these exported files in Outlook

Note: It must be noted that this export & import facility can be utilized only for the migration of contacts from names.NSF file to PST file. Emails cannot be exported to CSV file with complete data (Message Body and Attachments will not be exported).

How to Export Lotus Notes to Outlook?

  • Open Lotus Notes application in your system.
  • Click on Contacts tab and open all contacts.
  • Select the important contacts, which you want to convert.
  • Go to File and then click on Export Contacts.
  • Another pop-up window will open with export options.
  • Select “Only the contacts you selected in this view” and “All fields”.
  • Select the destination to save the output file.
  • Provide a file name and Save as Comma Separated Value (.csv).
  • Then click on Export.

How to Import Lotus Notes Contacts to Outlook?

  • Open MS Outlook application in the system.
  • Go to the “File” menu and click “Import & Export” option.
  • Here click on “Import from another program or file”. Then, click on Next.
  • Here select CSV (Comma Separated Values) file.
  • Then click on Browse and select the CSV file with Notes data.
  • Perform required settings and mapping and then Import.

Conclusion

This process will let you completely convert the contacts data from Lotus Notes to MS Outlook application. When users try to migrate email file from Lotus Notes to CSV, only message header information is exported. Rest of the other data like message body, attachments, etc. will not be converted into CSV file. This is a major drawback of Lotus Notes Export utility, which does not allow exporting complete email data. If users want to access complete database with all the elements of emails to Outlook PST file, they must opt for an external professional utility like Lotus Notes to Outlook converter that enables you to get access of Lotus Notes Files to Outlook without any data differences.