Return to: Software NewsViceVersa Tools Gives Mac Users a Way to Move Apple Mail's EMLX Files Onto Any IMAP AccountNEW DELHI, India — September 8, 2026 — Mac users moving mail off Apple Mail run into a format problem before they run into a migration problem: EMLX is Apple's own per-message file format, and it isn't something most other mail systems read directly. ViceVersa Tools has released an EMLX to IMAP Converter to address that gap, a Windows application available at viceversatools.com/emlx-imap.php that writes EMLX files onto a live IMAP mailbox and reads IMAP mail back out into EMLX files. The tool sits in ViceVersa's IMAP product line, a category the company keeps separate from its file-to-file mailbox converters. The reason is straightforward: PST, MBOX, and similar formats are files sitting on disk, while an IMAP mailbox is an active account on a mail server. Writing mail into one means authenticating against that server, not just converting a file. ViceVersa's application handles that authentication locally — a user signs into the IMAP account from inside the desktop app, and the credentials are used only for that session rather than stored elsewhere. Going from EMLX to IMAP, the tool accepts individual message files or a folder of them exported from Apple Mail and uploads the contents to an IMAP account the user specifies, with listed support for providers including Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, and Zimbra, as well as generic hosted IMAP. A selection step lets a user choose specific messages instead of uploading a folder in full. The reverse job works the same way in the other direction: the application connects to an IMAP account, lets the user browse folders on the server, and writes selected messages back out as EMLX files. Licensing matches the rest of ViceVersa's catalog: a Personal license is $39 for one machine with a year of updates, with Professional and Technician tiers covering additional machines. The application itself runs on Windows, not macOS, which means the EMLX files have to be moved off the Mac and onto a Windows machine before the conversion runs. "EMLX shows up a lot in Mac-to-Windows handoffs, where someone has the files but not the Mail app anymore," said a spokesperson for ViceVersa Tools. Availability The EMLX to IMAP Converter is available for trial download and purchase at https://www.viceversatools.com/emlx-imap.php. About ViceVersa Tools ViceVersa Tools builds Windows software for moving mail between formats and systems that don't interoperate on their own, including a set of converters built specifically for Apple Mail's EMLX format and a separate line for jobs involving a live IMAP mailbox rather than a static file. The two categories are kept apart because a server connection and a file conversion are different problems to solve reliably. Media Contact ViceVersa Tools Press & Media Relations Email: support@viceversatools.com Website: https://www.viceversatools ... News Release: ViceVersa Tools Gives Mac Users a Way to Move Apple Mail's EMLX Files Onto Any IMAP Account Submitted on: September 08, 2026 09:07:37 AM Submitted by: ViceVersa Tools On behalf of: www.viceversatools.com/emlx-imap.php |