Novell GroupWise is a popular messaging platform among professional and home users. It supports features such as emails, instant messaging, document management, task management, calendaring, etc. However, GroupWise has a few shortcomings, such as it’s extremely difficult to debug or resolve issues. In most cases, a GroupWise user has to face significant data loss. Besides, it often crashes due to mishandled internal settings, does not support shared folders, and features a quite basic user interface.  

Thus, many GroupWise users want to migrate their emails to MS Outlook or Office 365 due to its user-friendly interface, stable performance, and advanced features. However, to migrate GroupWise to Outlook or Office 365, you need to extract the mailbox items, such as emails, attachments, notes, contacts, etc., from GroupWise and then convert it to Outlook importable PST format. PST or Personal Storage Table (also known as Personal Folder File) is a data file used by MS Outlook to store mailbox data. 

The most efficient way to convert GroupWise mailbox to Outlook PST file is to use a reliable GroupWise to PST converter tool, such as Stellar Converter for GroupWise. In this post, we discussed the use and benefits of this tool and how you can use it to migrate from GroupWise to MS Outlook, Office 365, backup GroupWise, or share GroupWise mails in multiple formats. 

Stellar Converter for GroupWise – An Overview

Stellar Converter for GroupWise is a GroupWise migration software that efficiently converts GroupWise mailbox to Outlook PST. The software converts GroupWise mailbox data, such as emails, attachments, contacts, calendar, notes, etc., with 100% accuracy and consistency. The software supports multiple GroupWise mailboxes, such as Remote, Online, Archive, and Cache.

The software is available in two editions,

• Corporate Edition

Stellar Converter for GroupWise- Corporate Edition converts GroupWise mailbox to PST, EML, MSG, RTF, PDF, and HTML formats. It can also export the contacts from GroupWise to CSV format in a few clicks.

• Technician Edition

Besides features available in Corporate Edition, Stellar Converter for GroupWise- Technician Edition also provides an option to export or migrate GroupWise mailbox data to Office 365 directly or save the data in an existing PST file. It also supports the conversion of multiple GroupWise mailboxes simultaneously via Batch Conversion.

How to Use Stellar Converter for GroupWise?

For our test and review purpose, we installed Stellar Converter for the GroupWise Corporate edition. To ensure stable performance, install the software on a system that meets the following system requirements,

• Processor: Pentium Class
• Operating System: Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista & Windows Server 2008, 2003
• Memory: 4 GB minimum (8 GB recommended)
• Hard Disk: 250 MB of Free Space (plus the space required to export the EDB data)

The installation was quick and error-free. There are no dependencies as such. However, it does require MS Outlook installed on the system.

After the installation, you need to launch the software as an administrator. The software provides four options to convert GroupWise mailbox to PST or other formats. Then enter the GroupWise Server Information and other credentials. Then click ‘OK.‘

The software starts the scan and displays a detailed preview of GroupWise mailbox items in a three-pane view. You can preview all the mail items and check the information. 

After the preview, you can select the mailbox folders and items you want to export or save to PST format. Then click the ‘Save‘ icon in the Home menu. At this point, you need to enter the activation key and click ‘Activate‘ to continue saving the GroupWise mailbox in Outlook importable PST format.

After activation, the software displays the Save As dialog box with multiple saving options, such as PST. Then click ‘Next.‘

Click ‘Browse’ to choose a save location. At this stage, you may also ‘Apply Filter.‘ This allows you to quickly exclude/include Junk or Deleted mails and filter out specific mail items based on date range and email address.

Finally, click ‘OK’ to save the GroupWise converted mailbox data to SPT or another selected format.

The software creates a PST file compatible with MS Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, and 2003. 

Pricing and Plans

• Stellar Converter for GroupWise – Corporate – $199 (free download available)
• Stellar Converter for GroupWise – Technician– $399 (free demo available)

The demo version allows you to scan, convert, and preview GroupWise mailbox items. To save the mailbox items, you must activate the software using a valid activation key. 

Verdict

Stellar Converter for GroupWise is a robust and reliable GroupWise to PST converter tool that can help you quickly migrate mailboxes to Outlook or Office 365. With its intuitive and user-friendly interface, anyone without technical expertise can easily convert multiple GroupWise mailboxes to PSTs simultaneously. Though it is not free, it’s quite affordable and worth every penny. It can save you time, avoid data loss during manual migration, and resume your work without disrupting the email services.