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A Pegasus Mail converter for Windows. It reads PMM, CNM and PMI files straight from a PMAIL folder and writes them out as Outlook PST, PDF, MBOX, EML and six other formats.
A BitRecover product · Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 and Windows Server · 32 and 64 bit
Pegasus saves messages to disk one selection at a time and no other client opens its files. The converter reads the mail store itself.
Output formats
Pick one format or run the same mailbox out to several. Every format is open in the free trial.
How it works
Each panel in the order a conversion uses it.
A whole folder or one message
Open takes either a Pegasus mail folder or a single message file. Everything inside loads into the panel with its date, sender, recipient and subject, ready to read before anything is written.
Browse a tree and pick a mail store
Pegasus keeps mail under a PMAIL folder with a subfolder for each user. The converter finds that folder itself. Browse to it by hand where the mail store has been copied somewhere else.
PST for Outlook, MBOX for Thunderbird
Saving Options lists every format side by side. Choose PST to land the mail in Outlook, MBOX for Thunderbird and EML for Windows Mail. PDF and CSV suit mail that has to be read without a mail client at all.
Thousands of messages at once
Point the converter at a folder and it works through every message underneath it. The panel reports the folder in progress, the count finished and the overall position, so a large mailbox can be left running.
Pegasus Mail Converter reads the mailbox and shows every message before payment. The first five files convert free.
Run the Free DemoFive steps from a PMAIL folder to a file Outlook opens. For the free manual routes, see our guide to converting Pegasus Mail to Outlook.
Run the installer and start the wizard. Pegasus Mail itself does not need to be installed. Neither does Outlook.
Click Open, then choose Select Folder for a whole mail store or Select File for individual messages. Browse to PMAIL and confirm.
Folders appear on the left with the names Pegasus gave them. Messages list with date, sender, recipient and subject. Open any of them to preview the body before converting, with the header metadata intact.
Click Save and the format list opens. PST suits Outlook, MBOX suits Thunderbird, PDF suits archiving and CSV suits a spreadsheet.
Choose where the output goes and how files should be named, then start. Progress shows per folder while the batch runs.
Roughly what the mailbox already occupies. PST holds mail and attachments together, so allow a little more space than the PMAIL folder measures. Convert five files free before committing to the full run.
Pegasus Mail stores each message in its own file under a PMAIL folder, in a layout it invented and never published. No other client reads it. Pegasus can save a selection of messages to disk as MBOX, but there is no bulk export and nothing that produces a PST.
PMM and PMI files
One file per mailbox
A PMM file holds a whole folder of mail and a PMI file indexes it. Double clicking either opens nothing.
CNM files
One file per message
New mail arrives as a CNM file named by a unique ID rather than by subject, which is why a folder of them gives no clue what they contain until something reads the headers. Messages delivered locally start with a Y and those downloaded over a POP3 or IMAP account start with a P.
Attachments
Inside the message
Documents, images and spreadsheets are stored inside the message file. Conversion decodes them and keeps them attached to the mail they arrived with, which the free trial shows on the first five.
No. Outlook reads PST and Pegasus writes neither PST nor anything close to it.
Renaming a CNM file to .eml produces a file Outlook still cannot open, because the encoding inside has not changed. Copying a PMAIL folder into an Outlook profile does nothing either. Something has to read the Pegasus layout and rebuild each message in a format Outlook can read, which is what a converter does.
Two ways people try
Renaming the extension
The name changes and the contents do not. Outlook still cannot open it.
Converting the mailbox
Each message is rebuilt as Outlook expects, with its date, sender, attachments and folder intact. Five convert free, so the result can be opened in Outlook before paying.
Full input and output specification for Pegasus Mail Converter.
What goes in
What comes out
Nothing here depends on Pegasus Mail or Outlook being installed. Everything listed is testable in the free trial before the $39 licence.
The trial converts 5 files. A licence removes the cap.
One licence at $39 covers the software outright, with no renewal and no per mailbox charge. Every format, batch conversion and the naming options are included. A 30 day money back guarantee applies.
BitRecover has been building data recovery and format conversion tools since 2011.
Pegasus Mail Converter never alters the original files. Try five messages first, then decide.
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No. Outlook reads PST and Pegasus writes neither PST nor anything close to it. Renaming the extension changes the name and not the encoding inside, so Outlook still cannot open it. The mail has to be rebuilt in a format Outlook understands.
Under a folder called PMAIL, usually at C:\PMAIL, with a subfolder for each user account. Inside those sit the PMM, PMI and CNM files. Pegasus also runs from a USB stick without installing anything, so the folder may be on removable media or in a backup. Browse to wherever it now lives.
A PMM file holds a whole folder of mail and a PMI file indexes it. A CNM file is a single message, usually newly arrived and not yet filed. The converter reads all three.
No. Neither does Outlook. The converter reads the files directly, which matters when the machine that ran Pegasus is long gone and only a copy of the folder survives.
PST if the mail is going into Outlook. MBOX for Thunderbird and Apple Mail. EML for Windows Mail and Outlook Express. PDF or HTML where the mail needs reading without any mail client. CSV where it is going into a spreadsheet.
Yes. Documents, images, spreadsheets and anything else sitting inside a message are decoded and stay attached to the mail they arrived with.
Yes. Folders come out with the names Pegasus gave them, so an inbox stays an inbox and a filed folder keeps its name and its contents.
Save as PST, then in Outlook choose File, then Open and Export, then Open Outlook Data File. Point it at the converted file and the Pegasus folders appear in the folder list.
Yes. Saving Options offers Create New PST or Update Default PST, so converted mail can either go into a new file or be added to the PST Outlook already uses.
Yes. Select Folder loads everything beneath a folder and converts it in a single pass, which is what the dual loading option is for.
No. Source files are opened for reading and never written to. Run the conversion twice and the original mail store is exactly as it was.
Yes. Load the mailbox, use Search to find particular emails and select only the folders or messages you need rather than the whole store. Our Pegasus to Outlook guide covers the manual IMAP and EML routes if you would rather not buy anything.
The full software with every format available. It converts 5 files so the output can be checked in Outlook or Thunderbird before paying. A licence removes that cap.
Thirty nine dollars, once. There is no renewal, no per mailbox charge and no separate cost for individual formats. A 30 day money back guarantee applies.
Windows 11, 10, 8.1 and 7, plus Windows Server, in 32 and 64 bit.
No. Conversion happens on your own machine with no internet connection required, so mail never leaves the computer it is sitting on.
Download Pegasus Mail Converter, load a PMAIL folder and convert five files for nothing. A full licence is $39 one time, with 30 day money back.
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