How can I open MBOX files without importing them in Mail

I have an old MBOX files that contains thousands of emails. I would like to open it and browse it to look for a specific old mail WITHOUT importing it into Mail. There are many freeware softwares for Window but can't find any software for Mac. Any idea?

Posted on Feb 19, 2021 12:22 AM

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Posted on Feb 19, 2021 1:54 AM

You could open it in a text editor like BBEdit. If it is in sendmail format, you could skip to next message by searching the sendmail separator in a new line beginning with "From " with BBEdit's "\nFrom " search. Or search for a specific word.


My old mail was in Eudora which used sendmail format and I then sometimes tidied up some mail in a text editor. I then converted it to Mail.app when Eudora was discontinued.

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Feb 19, 2021 1:54 AM in response to MarcelloM1973

You could open it in a text editor like BBEdit. If it is in sendmail format, you could skip to next message by searching the sendmail separator in a new line beginning with "From " with BBEdit's "\nFrom " search. Or search for a specific word.


My old mail was in Eudora which used sendmail format and I then sometimes tidied up some mail in a text editor. I then converted it to Mail.app when Eudora was discontinued.

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