How to Migrate SquirrelMail to Office 365 / Microsoft 365 Account?

Summary: Using an old or almost dead email client for managing data is not a smart decision. Thus, it is better to move or switch to a better and safe platform. Therefore, we have decided to include this migration in this article. Here, we will be discussing the complete step by step process to migrate SquirrelMail to Office 365 / Microsoft 365 account on both operating system.

SquirrelMail webmail application is an IMAP based email client for users to manage their emails, contacts, calendars, etc. Although it was well received and even incorporated into cPanel and WHM and various host providers management system, it suffered from the same fate as many other open-source applications.

Yes, starting with inactive developers and seemingly declining users, SquirrelMail is now termed as an almost-dead email application. It was even removed from cPanel and WHM 78.

So, of course users are looking for a way to transfer SquirrelMail emails to Microsoft 365 / Office 365 account. Many users have already saved SquirrelMail data on their local computer and wish to move them in O365 while others want to know the complete process.

Let’s understand it with step by step process.

Top Methods to Migrate SquirrelMail to Office 365

Though going further with the Microsoft 365 account is best because of multiple reasons, including-

• The Microsoft Office 365 account provides multiple business application that helps in boosting productivity. 
• Here, users even get more Microsoft subscription benefits with a large storage space for a secure data management.
• O365 even offers advanced security of data. It even offers a flexibility by enabling the two or more users to access the document at the same time. 

Even there are other benefits that influence users to transfer SquirrelMail emails to Microsoft 365 account. Now, if we discuss the methods, then this migration can be done using two solutions on any supporting Mac or Windows operating machine-

• Manual Method
• Direct Or Professional Method

However, manual method has two phases to perform this migration, so carefully execute the task. Now, keep reading to find the instructions for each method in detail. 

Phase 1 – Download Email Data from SquirrelMail Manually

1. Log in to SquirrelMail first of all on your Mac or Windows desktop.
2. Go to Options >> Archive Settings to configure the format of the download archive.
3. Now, select the messages you want to download locally.
4. Download them by clicking on Archive button (look at bottom-right of email list)
5. An archive will be generated and downloaded on your system. Make sure not to archive too many emails at once and it may result om out of memory error.

The downloaded emails are generally in Maildir file format. Now, let us go to the next phase for further migration.

Phase 2 – Convert Exported Data to O365 Account

Once you have the Maildir files containing SquirrelMail emails, then use SysTools Maildir Converter Software to convert them into one consolidated PST file. So, once you got the resultant file that you want to transfer to O365 account. Just then safely import PST file to Office 365 / Microsoft 365 account on any respective version.

Limitations:

• Moreover, it is even quite long to migrate SquirrelMail to Office 365 account and if you have large mailbox, it will take more than usual time.
• Even this is not a direct method, so you will have to repeat the entire process again and again for the second time migration.
• This manual method will require a lot of time to perform the SquirrelMail email migration to Microsoft 365.

To overcome these limitations or drawbacks of this manual method, let’s know the direct method in the next section.

Direct Solution to Migrate SquirrelMail to Office 365 

As you have read the above manual method for this migration, but it does not serve the easiest way to perform this task. Therefore, we suggest you to go for the SysTools IMAP to Office 365 Migration Tool to directly transfer all SquirrelMail emails to Microsoft 365 account.

While performing this migration task, one can operate this utility easily without having any hard core technical knowledge because of its simplest GUI interface. In short, even a novice or a beginner can easily make the best out of this tool for migrating emails. 

As this IMAP Migration Software for Mac and Windows OS comes with multiple in-built features to filter out the SquirrelMail emails. So, one can use the features as per the requirements for either bulk or selective SquirrelMail email to O365 migration.

Step by Step Guide to Transfer SquirrelMail Emails to Microsoft 365

Download the Windows based software on any supported version of Windows machine and follow the steps to transfer SquirrelMail email data in bulk- 

• After installation,  the tool will provide different options as Source and destination account. Here, select IMAP option as a source account and Office 365 / Microsoft 365 option as destination.

• Click on the Email checkbox that contains the SquirrelMail emails with attachments and click on Date Filter button to migrate SquirrelMail to Office 365 selectively.

• Select the Other option as a IMAP server, and provide credentials of SquirrelMail account details for account validation.

• Similarly, choose Office 365 / Microsoft 365 option as destination and enter required credentials to validate.

• Click Start Migration button to successfully transfer SquirreMail emails in bulk to O365 account.

How to Use Mac SquirrelMail to Office 365 Migration Tool?

• For execution, download the tool on any version of Mac machine, tap Continue 

• Then, for the source host name, select SquirrelMail options, but if not available choose Other. Then, provides the SquirrelMail User name and Password, Validate

• Choose Office 365 as the destination host name account, enter details and click Validate

• After that, apply additional settings by clicking on Advance Settings, set Date Range and select Folders

• Finally, mouse-click Start Migration to begin a safe process to migrate SquirrelMail to Office 365 / Microsoft 365 account on Mac.

Conclusion

Nowadays, shifting to cloud apps is a major trend for a better data management. And Microsoft Office 365 is the most popular destination for businesses and individuals alike. SquirrelMail users are no different. Being outdated, SquirrelMail is unable to meet the growing needs of its users and hence users are shifting to Microsoft 365. In this article, we have defined the best way to migrate SquirrelMail to Office 365 account. For easy understanding, we have shared the manual and automated method for the same migration. So, you can opt for the method that suits the best to your requirement.

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