Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your BOE file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert BOE to another file type
To convert BOE Backups and saves to another format, you need Outlook Express or other Backup software.
Convert a file to BOE
To convert other file formats to the "Email Archive" file type, you need software like Outlook Express or a similar tool.
About BOE files
The .BOE extension is a classic case of file format collision, representing three distinct, incompatible data types.
Outlook Express Backup: Historically, this is the most common use - a compressed archive created by third-party utilities to backup legacy Outlook Express data. The primary problem here is that Outlook Express has been discontinued for nearly two decades. Users often find themselves with a .BOE file they cannot open on Windows 10 or 11 because the proprietary software required to restore it no longer exists. However, these are often just renamed ZIP files containing DBX (folder) files.
Game Save Files: Both The Guild 2 and Stronghold Crusader use this extension to store campaign progress. These are proprietary binary files. Players often attempt to "convert" these to modify stats or resources (cheating), but opening them in a standard text editor yields gibberish. Modifying them requires a hex editor or specific save game editors designed for The Guild 2.
Indian Customs Bill of Entry: In logistics, a .BOE file is a generated document from the ICEGATE portal. The challenge here is interoperability; these files are often essentially specialized text or data dumps that need to be viewed in specific portal software or converted to PDF for standard archiving and printing.
Recommendation:
For Email Backups: First, try renaming the file extension from .BOE to ZIP and double-clicking. If it opens, extract the DBX files and use a converter to migrate them to PST (for Microsoft Outlook) or EML.
For Customs Documents: If the file is text-based, open it in a text editor and print to PDF.
For Games: Do not convert. Use the game engine to load the file.
Convert.Guru analyzes your BOE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert BOE file to , you can use Outlook Express or similar software from the "Outlook Express Backup Archive" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to BOE, try Outlook Express or another comparable tool in the "Outlook Express Backup Archive" category.
The BOE Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our BOE converter.