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Outlook local saved mails back to IMAP
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Outlook local saved mails back to IMAP

Somehow the "new version" of Outlook for macOS fucked up and all "Sent" Mails we're only saved locally. And turns out, moving them to an IMAP-Folder syncs nothing. Litterly useless. To sync the missing mail to your server, this is the only way I got the mails back in my IMAP/webmail/Apple Mail.

  1. Create a folder on your desktop like mails-outlook-export
  2. Go to the folder in "new" Outlook for Mac, which are not synced
  3. Mark all the mails with CMD+A
  4. Move all mails with drag & drop to your folder mails-outlook-export
  5. Rename the folder to mails-outlook-export.mbox (file extension)
  6. Open Apple Mail and go to File » Import Mailboxes
  7. Select your mails-outlook-export.mbox
  8. Your mails will be imported as local folder
  9. To select batches of 50-100 mails and drag them to your IMAP folder (more mails could cause problems with Apple Mail)
  10. Uninstall Outlook for Mac. I mean, it can't even create folders?!
  11. Be happy.
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