How To Convert Lotus Domino Files To Outlook- DXL To PST Conversion

A demanding email client nowadays is an Outlook offered by Microsoft. It has the easy to access GUI that can be used by every user. This is the main reason due to which every IBM notes user also wants to perform DXL to PST Conversion. So, here, we are showing some methods which help IBM Notes users to easily move their DXl files into Outlook PST. 

Microsoft Outlook uses the PST file format for saving all the users’ essential details including emails messages, contacts, calendars, addresses, etc. Domino is only a Server program used for Lotus Notes and it saves the data and other structural database components in DXL file format.

There are a lot of reasons that make a user prefer the PST file format at the place of DLX. So here let’s discuss some of them here.

Probable Reasons to Convert DLX to PST:

• The Lotus Notes Domino search function isn’t up to date.
• Every time a message reaches your mailbox. You get a specific email. This will not be noticeable to you when you access the message even if you refresh the list of messages.
• Due to their complex user interface, you require technical knowledge to start operating this software. A non – tech user can’t effectively control the Lotus Notes Domino process.
• When you save email at a location it will stay at the same location. And unless you’re making several links at various directories. So if you delete a file from its area it may be possible to delete from all the folders due to which data loss is highly probable.
• You are not permitted to use multiple accounts in this Lotus Notes Domino software, if you’re using another account then you must log in to the account separately.

After knowing the probable reasons, let’s check how one can convert Lotus domino files into Outlook. 

 How to perform DXL to PST Conversion professionally?

No manual solution is available for this conversion. So, we recommended you to go with a professional solution.  One of the best solutions is DXL to PST Converter.

This method is one of the excellent solutions that causes no data loss and even does not need any technical experience. It can seamlessly convert Lotus Notes DXL files into PST, MBOX, MSG, RTF, EML, and HTML file format. This tool gives an ultimate solution for moving DXL saved database XML elements such as schemas, design, views, forms, etc. in MS Outlook. Major features of this utility are as follows:

• The service provides storing mailbox data from DXL files into PST, EML, HTML, Email, RTF, and MBOX.
• Good Preview option to verify a preview prior to actually conversion of the mailbox data.
• Selection of date range feature for saving data in two ways: either predefined or manually selected.
• Effortless conversion of both single and multiple DXL files at a time into the specified format.
• A modern digital choice in the conversion phase for handling minor corruption errors and issues in DXL files.
• This converter exports the first 15.dxl files.
• Suitable with the latest versions of Windows 10, Lotus Domino 9.0.1, MS Outlook 2016, and other previous releases.

Steps to do DXL to PST Conversion:

1. Start the DXL to PST Converter tool first and then press the Open button.
2. Press the button “Add Files” to add DXL files. You can reset the path of the temp file.
3. A list will be shown now, then hit the DXL file(s) and hit Open.
4. Then the scanning process will start. Wait till it completes.
5. Press OK.
6. Pick the files to recover the mailbox data from it. For multiple files, press each one after another.
7. After some time, the process completes. Hit Ok to proceed. 
8. Press the email item that you want to check the preview in the preview pane. You can also view the attached attachments. Press Save.
9. Here, choose the file format to convert the chosen DXL file(s). Pick PST format for DXL to PST Conversion. Then hit the Browse button for selecting a location for new files.
10. Pick any path for PST files and hit OK.
11. Now, the process will start. The process will complete in some time. Then press OK and exit the software.

This way you can move all your DXL files from IBM Notes into Outlook PST. 

Conclusion:

Here, reasons to convert DXL into PST files have been explained in detail. Also, an alternative way gave here for novice users. I hope, you find the explained way useful.