How to Create Backup Thunderbird (.MBOX) Files — Export | Migrate MBOX into PDF

Deepti Tripathi
4 min readSep 4, 2024

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Migrate MBOX into PDF

Summary: For users, Thunderbird is an easy-to-use email client that makes users work easy. Any case if email and attachments are deleted or want to pdf format. Then users need to create Thunderbird emails backup in MBOX format. With the help of BLR MBOX converter tool users easily convert their Thunderbird (MBOX) files into pdf. Just read next passage carefully and know the steps how to get Thunderbird MBOX files and how to export or migrate MBOX files into PDF format.

Let’s Know About Thunderbird?

Mozilla Thunderbird is an email client that is developed by the Mozilla Foundation and is a free and open source software that has a number of features such as openness, flexibility, high levels of customization and good security. As an email client that was meant to handle multiple accounts, Thunderbird is compatible with different protocols namely IMAP, POP3 and SMTP. This apart, Thunderbird comes with other facilities like integrated calendar, support for RSS feeds, and integrated chat support. It also enables one to customise functionality using a variety of add-ons just as is the case with Mozilla Firefox browser. Thunderbird is well known for ease of use, powerful spam filtering, and gives preference to privacy making it good companion for using instead of different mail clients.

Use Thunderbird to Create BackUp of MBOX Files

  • Install Mozilla Thunderbird in PC.
  • Start the application and configure with email account.

Note: Please add on “ImportExportNG” Extension in the Thunderbird. This extension helps users to creating a backup of files.

  • After the configuration, users need to select emails that they want to create backup.
  • After selecting emails, right click and go to “Export Messages as”.
  • There are various files format just select one file format which users wants like: “MBOX format”. Other formats also avail like- PDF, EML, CSV, Plain Text, HTML etc.
  • During MBOX file format backup exporting there are two option one of the (create new MBOX file) or next one is (Append to Existing MBOX file).

Exporting | Migrating Thunderbird .MBOX Files to PDF

Let’s begin the process of exporting MBOX files into PDF via Professional MBOX converter tool:-

Step 1: Download, Install and Run BLR MBOX Converter Tool

Have a look of software interface in below mentioned image

Step 2: Users can add MBOX files or folder in software main interface.

Step 3: After getting the right .MBOX files software automatic start scanning process.

Step 4: Wait until scanning process completed. Next go to the preview feature to verify the email and attachments.

Note: In BLR MBOX Converter free edition users can export 15 email per folder. For unlimited conversion users need to purchase full license to getting an activation key to access the full BLR MBOX exporter software.

Step 5: Next, select PDF format to save MBOX files.

BLR MBOX Converter Some Additional Features

  1. Users can save attachments separately.
  2. Users also skip or remove duplicate files.
  3. Users can take Backup with or without attachments.
  4. Save MBOX files according date by using filter. It is inbuilt feature of BLR MBOX converter software.
  5. Users can save .MBOX file as “custom folder name.”
  6. This tool have naming convention features also.

Step 6: Select destination path to save .MBOX files. See below mentioned image

Step 7: After completing all steps. Now here you go with convert button. For saving MBOX files into PDF.

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Deepti Tripathi
Deepti Tripathi

Written by Deepti Tripathi

I work as a Product Consultant. When it comes to MS Outlook and Office 365, I write about the newest tech tips and offer unique solutions.

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