Migrate Protonmail to Office 365 – Secure Migration

Reasons for Migrating Emails from Protonmail to Office 365

Before we move on to the methods for Protonmail to Office 365 migration, you can check the reasons why people are doing so.

• Office 365 offers more features than Protonmail and has Intuitive Calendar.
• The Archiving facility in Office 365 is also outstanding.
• The storage space in Protonmail provided for free is less than the storage space of Office 365.
• Office 365 has a user-friendly and self-intuitive interface.
• Many users like the Spam Filter option available in Office 365.

So, you have seen that there are many reasons for migrating emails from Protonmail to Office 365. Now let’s move on to the method for Protonmail Migration.

Methods to Move Protonmail to Office 365

There are two ways to migrate Protonmail to Office 365. You can use the IMAP Backup tool and make the migration from Proton Server to Office 365. Another option for you is to export the MBOX files from Protonmail first and then use the MBOX Converter for moving them to the Office 365 account. We are going to follow both methods and they are 100% useful in Protonmail to Office 365 Migration.

Use IMAP Backup Tool

You can use the IMAP Backup Tool and migrate all emails with attachments from Protonmail directly to Office 365. Make sure your Protonmail IMAP is enabled before you use this software for migration. Then you will just need your Office 365 credentials, and all your Protmail emails will be moved to Office 365. Also, it can easily migrate business domain email to Office 365.

Steps to Migrate Protonmail to Office 365 Through IMAP

1. Launch the IMAP Email Backup Tool and enter the following details:-
   • IMAP User ID – your-email@protonmail.com
   • IMAP Password – Your Protonmail.com password
   • Protonmail Port Number – 1143
   • Protonmail Hostname – imap.protonmail.com
2. Then click on the Next button and you can see all the emails present in your Protonmail Account.
3. Mark the emails that you want to migrate to O365 and Click on Next.
4. Now in the Save As option, choose Office 365 and click on Next.
5. Click on the Login Button and provide your Office 365 Email Address.
6. Pick the Office 365 account to which you want to migrate Protonmail emails and authenticate the login.
7. If you have multiple Office 365 Users then you can mark the user IDs to which you want to migrate emails.
8. In the end, click on the Convert button and all your Protonmail Emails will be transferred to your Office 365 account.

Now when you will open your Office 365 account, you will find all Protonmail emails in it. It is a server-to-server migration in which the emails will be migrated directly from Protonmail to Office 365 server. This software also assists to migrate Dovecot to Office 365 account.

If you want to move emails from Protonmail emails through its MBOX file then you can use the method we are going to discuss here.

Try MBOX Converter

If you are transferring Protonmail emails through the MBOX file then you will have to export the MBOX file first from Protonmail and then import that MBOX file to Office 365.

You can follow the steps given below to export MBOX from Protonmail:-

1. Download the Import-Export App that is powered by Protonmail.
2. Then use your Protonmail Username and Password to Login to the App.
3. You can either use the Export or Export All option depending upon the email addresses you want to export.
4. Then mark the Folders like Inbox, Archive, Sent, Draft, etc. that you want to export to MBOX.
5. Select the exporting format as MBOX.
6. Finally, define the path and click on the Export Button.

Your MBOX file will be saved at your preferred location and now you must import the MBOX file to your Office 365 account.

You can follow the steps given below to import the MBOX file to Office 365:-

1. Launch MBOX Exporter and Add the MBOX File that you have Recently exported from Protonmail.
2. Then mark all the emails that you want to import to Office 365.
3. In the Save As option, choose Office 365 and authenticate the O365 login.
4. In the end, click on the Convert button and all your Protommail emails will be migrated to your Office 365 account.

Conclusion

You can see that there are two 100% proven methods to migrate Protonmail to Office 365. You can either use the IMAP Migration Tool or the MBOX Converter at your convenience. If you want to migrate emails directly from the Protonmail Server then IMAP Backup Tool would be a better option otherwise if you have the Protonmail’s MBOX file then you can use the MBOX Exporter.

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