Kernel for OST to PST

One of the most efficient methods of communication, and widely used nowadays for both personal and business purposes is through emails. An abundance of clients are available to provide flexibility and as many features as possible. With Microsoft's Outlook providing the necessary environment to save emails to your computer, Kernel for OST to PST lets you recover potentially lost data from OST files, or simply convert to it's brother format, namely PST.

The file formats mentioned in the name are used by Microsoft Outlook to store email data, with the target one providing offline availability. Since data can be accidentally lost or corrupted due to exceeding size, the application lets you convert it to a rather stable format.

Running the application quickly brings up a wizard in an attempt to quickly get you up and running. You can either manually fetch the file through the dedicated file explorer window, or add a directory so the application imports any corresponding formats it detects.

The intuitive design cleverly displays content stored in the OST file, with a navigation panel letting you easily browse through mail folders, a browser for items stored inside, as well as a preview section displaying the selected email. Folders containing emails are cleverly highlighted and save you some time in case of an abundance of entries.

The application lets you make use of a search engine in order to quickly locate missing emails or those of interest. Unfortunately, you need to provide sender and receiver information, with the possibility to also specify dates, but no simple text field to snoop through email content.

You can freely browse the content of the imported file as you normally would in your email client, with each filter criteria displayed, including status, attachments and importance of messages. Individual emails can be saved either as MSG or EML, but you can also select whole folders to convert to PST.

To sum it up, we can safely state that Kernel for OST to PST offers a helping hand in dealing with corrupt OST files or emails that could be missing. The process is done fast and at the cost of little system resources. It lives up to expectations through both functionality and intuitive design, being overall worth a try.