Email backup software MailStore Home 12.0 released

Apr 10, 2019

Updated • Apr 12, 2019

MailStore Home 12.0 is the latest version of the free email backup software for Microsoft Windows devices.

We have followed development of the email software since 2011 when we released our initial review of MailStore Home. Back then, we found it to be an excellent program for backing up online email accounts and local accounts in programs such as Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird.

The program is updated regularly with new features and support for new versions of Windows or new software email programs.

Tip: read how you can speed up Thunderbird (and other local clients) by archiving emails.

MailStore Home 12.0

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MailStore Home 12.0 is available as a download on the developer website. Installed versions of the program may notify you of the new version if you have enabled automatic update checks.

You can install the new version on top of existing versions to upgrade them automatically. Another option provided by the installer is to install MailStore Home as a portable version which makes it an ideal tool to carry an archive of emails with you on a USB Flash Drive or other storage device.

MailStore Home 12.0 is a major new version but the feature additions aren't that spectacular. The reason why it is still a major version is that the developing company linked development of the free Home version with the commercial version; the latter received lots of new features. The official changelog of MailStore Home 12.0 lists four changes, two fixes and two improvements.

A big improvement, probably the main improvement in MailStore Home 12.0, is that the program runs integrity checks automatically whenever an archive is opened. You could run data integrity checks in previous versions manually already by selecting "Check Data Integrity" underÂ Start > Administrative Tools but MailStore Home 12.0 checks the integrity automatically whenever you open an archive (an email backup) in the application.

The other "improvement" adds G Suite to the trademark list. MailStore Home 12.0 features several fixes, some minor unnamed fixes and improvements, and a fix that addressed an issue in HTML Mime parts with too high recursion depths which resulted in them not being shown correctly.

Closing Words

MailStore Home is one of the best email backup programs for Windows; it supports online and local email accounts, and can back them up with little effort on the user's side. The program has a read-only interface for all backed up emails, search functionality, and a lot more that comes in handy in case you need to find a specific email.

Author Rating

5 based on 5 votes

Software Name

MailStore Home 12.0

Operating System

Windows

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Landing Page

https://www.mailstore.com/en/products/mailstore-home/?utm_source=mailstore_home&utm_medium=mailstore

Comments

JMGG said on January 19, 2012 at 8:25 am


You said that Outlook isn’t your main email client, so which is your main one?
1. BalaC said on January 19, 2012 at 9:42 am
  
  
  I think its thunderbird
2. Martin Brinkmann said on January 19, 2012 at 10:15 am
  
  
  It is Mozilla Thunderbird.
Salaam said on September 24, 2012 at 9:52 pm


Awesome! This actually solved my problem… what a stupid bug.
Claud said on December 19, 2012 at 2:08 am


If this is the same bug that I’ve encountered, there may be another fix: (1) hover over open Outlook item in Taskbar, cursor up to hover over Outlook window item, and right-click; (2) this should give you Restore / Move / Size / Minimize / Maximize — choose Move or Size; (3) use your cursor keys, going arbitrarily N/S/E/W, to try to move or size the Outlook window back into view. Basically, the app behaves as though it were open in a 0x0 window, or at a location that’s offscreen, and this will frequently work to resize and/or move the window. Don’t forget to close while resized/moved, so that Outlook remembers the size/position for next time.
1. Lynda said on February 12, 2013 at 3:37 pm
  
  
  THANK YOU Claude!!! I could get the main window to launch but could not get any other message window to show on the desktop. You are my hero!!!!
2. Chad said on November 20, 2018 at 4:24 pm
  
  
  Solved my issue! 6 years later and this is still problem…
3. Ivan X said on January 21, 2021 at 4:50 pm
  
  
  Fantastic. Thank you. Size did the trick.
Andrew said on October 26, 2013 at 7:06 am


This solved my Outlook problem, too. Thank you. :)
Charles said on December 7, 2013 at 7:23 pm


Thank you so much, this started happening to me today and was causing big problems. You are a life saver, I hope I can help you in some way some day.
garth said on November 7, 2014 at 7:13 pm


You are a god – thank you!
Faisal said on February 9, 2015 at 10:09 am


thanks a lot…. work like charm.. :-)
Simon said on March 24, 2015 at 11:36 pm


Yah…thanks Claude. I’ve been having the same problem and tried all the suggestions…your solution was the answer. It had resized itself to a 0/0 box. Cheers
Olu said on April 14, 2015 at 1:35 pm


Excellent post. This had me baffled even trying to accurately describe the problem. This fixed it for me.
Thank you
Coenig said on July 23, 2015 at 7:36 am


Thanks a lot for the article. Don’t know why it happenend, don’t know how it got fixed, but it was really annoying and now it works :-)
Fali said on January 20, 2016 at 4:19 pm


Thanks a lot. I was facing this issue from past 3 week. I tried everything but no resolution. The issue was happening intermittently and mainly when I was changing the display of screen ( as i use 2 monitors). The only option i had was to do system restore. But thanks to you.
1. MIki said on January 10, 2019 at 11:54 am
  
  
  I’ve been tried to sole this problem for 12hours. Your comment about changing the display of screen helped me a lot!! Thanks!!
Christina said on January 20, 2016 at 6:14 pm


Thank you…don’t know why this happened but your instructions helped me fix it. Running Windows 10 and office pro 2007
Oz said on July 22, 2016 at 3:20 pm


Great tip! Thanks!
Tracy said on September 1, 2016 at 4:48 pm


Worked for me, too – thank you!!!
shawn said on September 9, 2016 at 10:25 am


It’s Worked for me, too
thank you very much!
Jari said on October 31, 2016 at 11:53 am


I had a similar issue with Outlook 2013 on Windows 10 and this helped me to fix it. Thank you very much!
Michel H said on November 30, 2016 at 11:08 pm


Thank you so much. Solved!
Considering you published this in 2012, incredible not been debugged by Microsoft.
Thank you again. M
Ziad Bitar said on January 9, 2017 at 2:00 am


This problem was faced by only one user logging to TS 2008 r2 using outlook 2010.The issue was resolved.

Thanks.
Anonymous said on February 15, 2017 at 5:24 pm


Great tip. Thank you!!!! If it helps, I had to use the Control Key and the arrow keys at the same time to bring my window back into view. Worked like a charm.
Rochelle said on March 6, 2017 at 11:59 am


Thank you, this worked !!!!
anom1234 said on May 20, 2018 at 11:20 pm


Man, you are a fucking god. Thanks a lot, what an annoying bug!!
JC said on October 12, 2020 at 2:14 pm


Awesome, this post solved the issue. Many thanks!