Tips and Tricks to Migrate Email or Message of Outlook PST File to MSG

In this article, we are offering simple tips and tricks to migrate email messages of Outlook PST file to MSG file. Before jumping to the solution, let us know what are PST and MSG files. And, what is the need to migrate emails of Outlook PST file to MSG file.

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Quick look at PST and MSG file

Microsoft Outlook stores all its mailbox items like emails, contacts, calendars, journals, etc. into PST file format. It is very useful to organize and manage communication. If we see at the technicalities of PST file, it has a defined size limit.

In older editions of MS Outlook, ANSI PST was created with capacity of storage up to 2 GB and in later versions, it is limited from 20 GB to 50 GB.

On the other hand, MSG is a single message file created by drag & drop method in Outlook. It is generally exported to archive and storage.

Why need to convert PST file into MSG file?

Given below situations will help you understand the need for conversion of PST file into MSG file format –

• If you have lots of emails in your Outlook Inbox and you want to show particular emails to anyone then this conversion will be helpful.
• Sharing of emails becomes simple by the conversion. This will help users to share selected email messages to other users.
• You have a series of communication with a client and you want to show it your boss then how will you represent those emails.

Now, let us move to the solutions to perform the conversion.

Tricks to export Outlook PST file to MSG file format

You have two tricks to perform the conversion.

• A manual technique
• A professional solution

Manual trick to convert PST file into MSG file

Follow the below steps to export PST mailboxes to MSG file –

• Open Outlook application.
• Go to Inbox. Select an email message and drag that Outlook email and drop it into desktop.
• By following the same steps, you can export Outlook PST emails into MSG file format.
• You can make a folder and zip it. All your MSG files are saved in this folder.

Note: With this method, entire PST emails can be exported into MSG file format. Only selective emails can be exported by using this manual trick.

This manual trick works well but the main problem with this method is if you have lot of emails, you have to spend even a day for exporting PST mailboxes into MSG file format. This will take so much time as it can export single PST email message into MSG file at a time. Therefore, when you have large size PST file, this method is not recommended to use.

Move Outlook PST file into MSG file with professional solution

If the manual trick do not work for you, you must go for a professional solution. One such professional solution is MailsClick Convert PST to MSG Software. This provides an effective solution to export all PST email messages into MSG file format. Also, it easily export all attachments with PST emails. Without any size barriers, any size and any number of emails are exported easily from PST file to MSG file format.

Get the complete process to understand the working to export PST data to MSG file –

• Install and Launch PST to MSG Converter Software on any Windows version.

• Once the software is opened, click on the Browse button and add PST file that you want to export into MSG file.

• After this, PST file complete data is displayed on the software panel. Here, you can mark selective items/folder to export from PST file. Now, click on Export button on the top left corner.

• Under Export options, choose MSG file format (.msg).
• Below this, go to the Browse button and specify location to save the exported MSG file.

• To export PST data to MSG, hit Convert Now button.

Bottom Lines

As we have mentioned two tricks in this write-up for exporting PST mailboxes into MSG file format – the manual and professional solution. If you want to save your time and efforts, then we recommend you trouble-free and easy solution i.e. automated solution.