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How to Export Horde Email to Outlook?

If you are looking to export Horde Email to Outlook, but don’t know how to do it? If yes, then you landed on the right page. In this blog, we have outlined an automated method for exporting Horde email to Outlook.

Overview

The Horde email application is a free, web-based application used to send/receive emails provided with cPanel. It also manages contacts, calendars, tasks, notes, etc, along with emails.

Outlook also manages to send/receive emails and also organises contacts, calendars, tasks, notes, etc. It stores the whole mailbox data in the PST/OST/NST file format. 

Sometimes in some situations a user needs to migrate Horde emails to Outlook 2021, 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, and other versions.

User query: I have 18+K emails in my Horde mailbox, and it has exceeded its storage limit. I had deleted some emails, but it still has an Over-quota storage issue. I want to transfer emails from the Horde mailbox to the Outlook email client and delete the migrated emails. Is there any solution that can migrate emails from Horde webmail to Outlook without any errors?

Also Read: How to Take Mail Backup from Horde Webmail to Local Drive?

An automated solution to export Horde Email to Outlook

The eSoftTools Webmail backup Software allows users to take a backup of all emails from Horde Webmail to the PST file format. Moreover, this tool is used to backup any webmail application, such as Roundcube, SquirrelMail, to backup emails in MSG, MBOX, EML, EMLX, HTML, PDF & Thunderbird formats.

Key features

  • Doesn’t need any other application to back up emails from Webmail to the local drive. 
  • Can backup emails, files & folders that are selected inside the software.
  • Preserves the structure and formatting of emails during the backup process.
  • Maintains meta-properties of emails like To, cc, bcc, subject, Date & from during the backup process.
  • Export webmail account files & folders to MBOX format in two options- Single MBOX & Separate MBOX for each folder.
  • Save webmail files & folders directly to Thunderbird profile default storage location.
  • Provides a preview of Webmail files & folders in the preview panel.
  • A simple and intuitive graphical interface can be used by technical and non-technical people easily.
  • Can be used in any edition of the Windows Operating System, like Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7 & below editions.

Steps to export Horde webmail to Outlook

  • Download and install eSoftTools Webmail backup software on your system.
  • Launch the software and input login details like email address, Password, Host, & Port No.
Input horde webmail credentials
  • Press the Login button, and all webmail files & folders are loaded into the software.
  • Select the needed files & folders from the left side tree panel inside the software.
Preview horde webmail files & folders
  • Choose the file type as Save in PST from the Choose Export Options list to back up in PST file format.
Select option save in PST
  • Browse the saving location on your PC where you want the backup in PST files.
  • Apply mail filtering and naming convention features according to your requirements.
export horde email to Outlook
  • At last, click the Save Backup button, and the backup process will be started.

Note: After a backup of Webmail emails in PST format, you can import PST files in Outlook.

Conclusion

In the above blog, we have explained an automated method step by step. There are manual methods also available, but they are not reliable and have limitations. The automated method explained above is reliable and free from errors. If you want to check the software to know how it works, you can use the free demo version of the software.


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