How to Import a MBOX file to a Gmail Account with Attachments?

Importing MBOX files to Gmail accounts is a difficult task but using third party software makes it simple. After following a few steps of a third party software you can easily import MBOX to Gmail Account.

What are MBOX files?

Now you can see MBOX files are open in email clients such as Apple Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird, Endoura, etc. MBOX files store emails and their attachments in a concatenated way i.e. one after the other. MBOX files store emails in a ASCII format and its attachment in an encoded way.

Also Read: How to Extract Emails from a MBOX File?

Why import MBOX file to Gmail Account?

Importing MOX files to Gmail Account is very useful because Gmail, a web based client provides ample space to store emails and it is a cloud based application which makes it possible to open emails from any location of the world.

Easy to Import MBOX to Gmail Account

Several third party software are available but the best third party software is the eSoftTools MBOX to Gmail Migrator. You can load single and multiple MBOX files in this software at a time and you can also choose to autodetect MBOX files from your system. Firstly, you can preview the files and folders of the MBOX file in the preview panel. It also provides the feature of email filtering through which you can filter emails according to date only you have to give the starting date and ending date. Entering the login details of your Gmail account, you can easily migrate MBOX files to Gmail accounts in this software. Next, follow the steps below to transfer MBOX emails to your Gmail account.

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Download and install esoftTools MBOX to Gmail Migrator Software in your system.
Open and click the ADD FIle/ Folder button of the software at the start up screen.
Choose from the three options to load MBOX files into the software

Single MBOX file: You can add a single MBOX file in the software.
Multiple MBOX file: You can load multiple MBOX files in the software.
Auto detect MBOX file: Software will automatically detect MBOX files inside your system and load MBOX files in the software.

After loading MBOX files in the software, you can click the Next button.
Now software extracts the files and folders from MBOX files and gives the preview of files and folders of MBOX files.
You can select the files and folders which you want to extract and send to the Gmail account.
Click on the Import to Gmail button on the menu bar.
Now enter your Gmail Login details and press the Authenticate Login button.
Afterward, once you have logged in, you can choose the Mail Filter option to select emails from the required date range.
At last click on the Import to Gmail Account button and the migration process will be started.

Conclusion

You can doMBOX to Gmail migrationmanually but they are complex and time consuming methods. You can use third party software like eSoftTools MBOX to Gmail Migrator software to transfer emails to Gmail accounts. The graphical interface of this software is so easy to use that any person with little technical knowledge can transfer emails easily.

Steps to Know How to Import a MBOX file to a Gmail Account with Attachments

Step1: Download the software and add file/ folder