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IncrediMail is Shutting Down – Everything You Should Know

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Written By Andrew Jackson
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Approved By Anuraag Singh
Published On August 12th, 2022
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Yes! What you heard is true. IncrediMail is shutting down. After years of services, finally IncrediMail by Perion has decided to close its servers and desktop applications.

It was an amazing email management program full of colors, animations, sounds, and lots of other captivating features. But IncrediMail was lapsing and users were encountering issues like program crash, error prompts, blocking emails, etc. Besides, some users talked about vulnerabilities to malware.

Eventually, all this has led IncrediMail to closing down. On March 20, 2020 it will be gone for good.

IncrediMail Shutting Down. What to do Next?

The IncrediMail by Perion (the email application) is going to obsolete and will no longer be available after this week.

But, don’t worry. Here we will cover all your queries like:

❓ Is IncrediMail shutting down? Really?

❓ Why IncrediMail keeps shutting down?

❓ Is IncrediMail closing down on 20th March this year?

❓ Is it possible to access my emails after March 20?

So, IncrediMail users are strongly recommended to instantly move their data to some other better emailing application like Microsoft Outlook, Thunderbird, Gmail, Yahoo etc. before IncrediMail closes down.

Here comes the good part…

Microsoft Outlook is a great alternative to IncrediMail as it is safe, 100% secure, and easy-to-use. But, switching from one platform to another was never easy. Therefore, we have come up with an easy solution to perform this migration before IncrediMail gets shut down.

Follow the steps to move your IncrediMail emails to safer platform; MS Outlook

Exact Solution for IncrediMail Shutting Down:

  • Step 1: Save IncrediMail Email as EML locally
  • Step 2: Convert Email EML files to PST format
  • Step 3: Import PST in MS Outlook application

Prerequisite:

  • MS Outlook application must be installed and properly configured in your system.

Step 1. Save your Emails from IncrediMail Locally

  • Open IncrediMail email client in your Windows machine
  • Select the mailbox from which you want to move the emails and check all or desired emails only to export them before IncrediMail shutting down

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  • Click on the File menu and select Save As… option

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  • Enter a name for the exported file and hit the drop-down button next to Save as type section. Select Mail (*.eml) option and hit the Next button

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After this, all your IncrediMail emails will be saved locally in .eml file format.

Step 2. Move IncrediMail Emails to MS Outlook (THIS STEP IS KEY)

SysTools EML to PST Converter is a secure solution that allows to convert IncrediMail EML files into PST, which is a native file format of MS Outlook.

You can convert multiple IncrediMail EML files to PST with the help of this powerful software in a single go before IncrediMail closing down. All the IncrediMail EML file attachments, notes, and other items can be converted to Outlook data file with this.

Download the free Demo software and see the working. You can also directly purchase the full version from here (for Bulk conversion without any loss).

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See How to Convert IncrediMail Emails to Outlook PST using this Software:

  1. Open the software and it will list all the system folders in left-side.
  2. Select the folder where you have saved your IncrediMail EML (from Step 1) and add one or multiple EML files in the software
  3. It will load the added EML file(s) and preview its content along with all the email properties and attachments

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  1. Select all EML emails you want to import to Outlook and hit the Export button

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  1. Choose PST as export option and hit the Advanced Settings button to customize the resultant PST using Split PST and Date Filter options

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  1. Browse a destination location and check Create Single PST Per Folder option if you want the software to create separate PST for each EML folder. Click Export

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  1. All the EML emails will start converting into PST file format after this. So, let the conversion process completed successfully

Now, your IncrediMail emails are ready to import to MS Outlook before IncrediMail shutting down

See Additional Software Benefits

Despite converting IncrediMail emails to Outlook PST, there is so much more that can be done with the help of this software. Such as:

  • Convert EML files into multiple other formats: HTML, MSG, MBOX, PDF, NSF
  • Scan, load, and preview EML as well as EMLX files generated by all email clients
  • Date Filter option to export the EML file emails of a particular date
  • Support conversion of EML files generated by all emailing applications
  • Compatible with all versions of Windows OS including 10, 8, 7
  • No risk of data loss, complete EML conversion guaranteed, and time-saving

Step 3: Import PST file in MS Outlook Account

To initiate the import process, open MS Outlook in your computer.

  • Go to File option in menu bar

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  • Choose Open & Export Option and click on Import/Export

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  • Now choose Import from another program or file option and click Next

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  • Choose Outlook Data File (.pst) option and hit the Next button

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Now browse the converted .pst file from the destination location from where you haved saved. And select the MS Outlook folder to move all IncrediMail email messages to MS Outlook account safely. Press Finish button.

And you’re done!

Now there is nothing to worry about IncrediMail shutting down. All your data is safe by now. Open MS Outlook application and see the data. Now you can use Outlook for your emailing purposes.

Wrapping Things Up!

Now you know that IncrediMail shutting down and its time to move your critical emails to some secure platform. Since Microsoft Outlook is one of the most powerful emailing services so, here we have disclosed a simple solution to move your IncrediMail emails to MS Outlook before IncrediMail closing down. The method discussed here is easy and can be performed without losing a single bit of information. So, transfer your emails safely before IncrediMail officially lost support.

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By Andrew Jackson

I am SQL DBA and SQL Server blogger too. I like to share about SQL Server and the problems related to it as well as their solution and also I do handle database related user queries, server or database maintenance, database management, etc. I love to share my knowledge with SQL Geeks.