Saved a mailbox from the 2000s
My old Hotmail from school days had photos and letters I did not want to lose. Signed in through the Microsoft window, chose PST, and the whole thing came down clean. Glad I did it before the account lapsed.
Core features
Hotmail Backup Tool, One Screen at a Time
The order a Hotmail run follows, from the Microsoft login to the saved archive.
Connect
Log In With a Microsoft Account
Choose Hotmail in the provider list and the server details are filled in. A Microsoft login box then wants the Hotmail address, its password and, where set up, the Authenticator code. Once accepted, the old folders appear. Corbett's program never stores the password.
- Hotmail server settings found automatically
- Works with Microsoft Authenticator and SMS codes
- No Hotmail app password exists any more, none is asked for
- Log in to a family's old Hotmail addresses and save them together
Folder selection
Choose Old Hotmail Folders
A Hotmail account opens as a checkbox tree with totals beside every folder. Rescue twenty years in one sweep, or only the folder from a past job. Skip Junk Email and Deleted Items if they hold nothing worth keeping.
- Tick boxes on folders and subfolders alike
- A running tally beside every folder name
- Nested folders saved in their original order
- Folders with no mail hidden away
Message preview
Check Old Hotmail Mail Before Saving
Click any message to see it alongside four expert tabs. When an account is about to lapse, the preview is how people check that wedding photos, job offers and old letters are in the set being saved.
- Content shows the message as its recipient saw it
- Message header records Received lines with their time stamps
- Properties lists byte size, importance and attachments
- Hex and raw message dump the byte-level original
Selective backup
Back Up Hotmail by Date, Sender or Size
Filters run before the download, so only chosen mail comes down. Two decades of promotions can stay behind while family mail and receipts are kept.
- From and To dates frame the backup
- Look up by sender, recipient, subject or words in the mail
- Only mail with photos or files attached
- Leave oversized messages behind
- Drop junk and repeated copies
Output options
Select a Hotmail Backup Format
Choose where the Hotmail copy goes: a folder, a USB stick, a NAS share or another live inbox. Documents use a naming pattern, so thousands of saved letters stay easy to search.
- Outlook PST, Thunderbird or Apple Mail MBOX, plus EML and MSG for single letters
- Printable PDF and HTML, plus CSV or TXT for sorting and search
- Hand Hotmail mail over to Gmail or a new Outlook.com box with the email migration tool
- Grab photos, addresses and phone numbers from old mail on their own