15 Minutes Guide To Lotus Notes Mail In Outlook 2010 Conversion

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Pre requisite for Lotus Notes to Outlook migration is that you must have the Lotus Notes as well as the Microsoft Outlook email application installed on the system you wish to perform the client migration on.

What is IBM Lotus Notes?
Lotus Notes email application developed by IBM works with Domino server. A Domino server works with a multi user environment which first downloads all the emails and then sends to the respective systems. Apart from all the emailing activities the Lotus Notes email platform also provides features like storing contacts, creating tasks etc. which makes it a complete email activity package. This all in one package of Lotus Notes helps it to perform its functions in no time.

Installing Lotus Notes on your system:
Install the Lotus Notes on the system where you wish to perform the migration. Go to the IBM website and download the trial version of the (http://www.migratensftopst.com/lotus-convert-to-pst.html) Lotus Convert to PST environment. After you have downloaded the trial version of the Notes environment, install in on your system and configure it. Now go to ...
... “Start” menu on your Task Bar and click on “Programs”. Here click on “Lotus Applications” and then select “Lotus Notes”. If Lotus Notes is open for the very first time a “Lotus Notes Client Configuration Wizard” will open on the screen. To configure Lotus Notes Application follow through the instructions appearing on the screen one by one and provide the required information.

What is Microsoft Outlook?
MS Outlook developed by the Microsoft Corporation is much more than just an email application. Apart from the regular email application, it has the additional features of calendar, notes, journal, storage of contacts, creating tasks and many more among the others. Although Outlook is a multi-user application it can also be used as a stand alone application. It works using the Exchange server.

How to Set Up Outlook on your System?
Usually Microsoft Outlook Application comes pre installed in the Windows Operating System. Firstly install Microsoft Office on your system as MS Outlook is a default email client when you install MS Office. Go to the “Start” menu on the Task Bar and locate the Outlook icon. Click on the icon to configure Outlook with POP3 account.

Understanding NSF:
Email information in the Lotus Notes is saved with .nsf extension. These files contain various database information like journal items, calendar entries, task markings, to-do-list etc. By default NSF files are saved in the C: drive. It can be located through C:\Program Files\lotus\notes\data.

Understanding PST:
MS Outlook saves all its email information with an extension .pst. PST or Personal Storage Table files stores all the information like mails, contacts, addresses, tasks etc. these files are located on your system.

Converting NSF file to PST file:
First and foremost you need to transfer the mailbox data of NSF files to Outlook if you want to view all your Lotus mails in Outlook as well. The Export Notes software will prove to be a great help to you.

Installing Export Notes software for the migration process:
To begin with go to any Export Notes software website and download a demo version of the Export Notes software. After you have downloaded the demo version run it on your system. Search the NSF file which you wish to convert into PST file and click on the “Start Scan” button. Have a preview of the mailbox items. Now choose a location to save the converted PST file. Now click on “Export to Outlook” button. If you want to view the file you have converted to PST format browse the location that you selected during the migration process. In this way you can convert a single NSF file to PST format. If you want to convert all the mailbox items from (http://www.en.nsftopstconvert.com/nsf-to-outlook.html) NSF to PST format then you need to buy the Export Notes Software in full mode.