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5 stars
Version: Aid4Mail 1.974
"Does what it says, easy to use"
Pros: Works exactly as advertised, a rare and welcome thing these days.
Cons: A nice addition would be a folder structure integration option, i.e. instead of migrating a folder structure from Thunderbird to an "Imported Messages" folder in Outlook Express, have the option to merge the Thunderbird folders and messages right into the Outlook Express folder structure. If this operation is attempted manually by dragging folders from the "Imported Messages" to the Outlook Express personal folders, folders with duplicate names are not merged. Instead, the duplicate in the Thunderbird folder structure has "(1)" appended to its name and is copied into the Outlook Express structure as a new folder. A real merge function would be handy in cases like that.
But that's only a nit about personal uses. It's a fine program as is.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Aid4Mail 1.5
"Great software, saved my skin!"
Pros: For about fourteen months I have been using Mozilla?s new POP3/SMTP Thunderbird mail client to receive, send, and manage my 1.3GB of email. I made the switch over to Thunderbird because of a problem that I experienced with Outlook which left me at a dead end with no solution. This brings us to the punch line: there is currently no efficient solution (other than Aid4Mail) for moving large amounts of email from Thunderbird to Outlook or even Outlook Express. The only free solution is to slowly export one folder from Thunderbird by converting each email from Unix/Generic mbox format to EML and then import those emails into Outlook Express while manually recreating folders one by one. This is a tediously slow process. With over 1GB of mail and approximately 6,000 folders, this solution would take literally dozens of hours of manual labor. Now this is where Aid4Mail saves the day!
Aid4Mail served my purposes by simply taking my large amount of mail from Thunderbird into Outlook in under twenty-five minutes. However, this software package can do so much more.
Something I found exciting is that Aid4Mail can take your email and convert it into an MHT format for easy viewing in Internet Explorer or Microsoft Excel. This would be a great way to archive your email say once a year to a CD/DVD which could be quickly pulled out and viewed without the hassle of opening the email data files in an actual email client. It also creates files so that when the CD/DVD is inserted to the drive, it automatically launches the browser and archived email.
In short, I can?t recommend this software enough. If you manage a lot of email, need to switch between mail program efficiently, or just want a great email backup option, Aid4Mail deserves your due consideration!
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Aid4Mail 1.01
"This program is outstanding!!!"
Pros: If you like me have more than one e-mail client then this application if for you.
You can easily transport your folders from one client to the other.
It is quick and it is very easy.
You can even archive your mail folder via built in Zip function.
Give this program a look see. You will not be disappointed. You will want this in you toolbox.
Cons: There is no cons here for me. This application is just Great!!
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: Aid4Mail 1.86
"Good at extracting and processing small to medium volumes of email"
Pros: Extracts email and metadata, extracts attachments and embedded files. Data and files can be imported to a database. Has a good range of supported file types.
Cons: The software sometimes falls over when working with large data sets, e.g. 20,000 email in a single Windows directory. I had to process in batches, but that worked OK.
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2 stars
Version: Aid4Mail 1.974
Pros: The software appeared to have promise on simplifying transfers from one mail server/client to another. For my configuration (Thunderbird and IMAP) they were unhelpful.
Cons: The eMail responses essentially said I should have tried it before I paid for it. In effect, they wanted me to be their test engineer!
My conclusion - they're not customer focused. Or at the least, they expect a knowledgeable user for anything more than the basic conversion.
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