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leo2501

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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-07-07

Posts: 658

[SOLVED] mbox file. need help open & organize/view it

hi! i download my entire hotmail account in a mbox file with GetLive, but now really i dont know what to do with it, i mean, i want to open it and be capable of browse my mails to search for some specific mails, i dont know how and with what programs i can do this, because i try to open it in thunderbird but seems that it cant open it...

can i convert that mbox file in a maildir structure? i read that maildir is best because you have a file for every mail instead of a big file with all of them...

Thanks!

Last edited by leo2501 (2008-01-30 23:23:39)

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byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: [SOLVED] mbox file. need help open & organize/view it

Try Sylpheed or Claws-Mail.

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leo2501

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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-07-07

Posts: 658

Re: [SOLVED] mbox file. need help open & organize/view it

Perfect, with sylpheed i can open the file and view/organize it

Thanks!!

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JonhScott

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Registered: 2026-03-11

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] mbox file. need help open & organize/view it

Glad it's solved! For others landing here — Thunderbird can open MBOX files by placing them directly in your profile directory rather than importing. Alternatively, mb2md converts MBOX to Maildir cleanly on Linux. A dedicated MBOX viewer is the quickest option if you just need to browse emails without any setup.

WorMzy

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Registered: 2010-06-16

Posts: 13,405

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Re: [SOLVED] mbox file. need help open & organize/view it

Please pay attention to the age of threads and don't necrobump.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … bumping%22

Closing.

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