In Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger", the default message format for Mail messages changed from the Apple custom mbox-package format to the new emlx format (where messages are stored in individual files for Spotlight indexing). However, if you need to recover from a hard drive crash, it's almost impossible to recover your mail messages easily since Mail won't import emlx files and you can't add them to your mailboxes any other way.This tool will convert your individual emlx mail files (found in ~/Library/Mail/) to the old mbox format, used by almost every UNIX/Linux mail client and recognized by many more.With this tool, you could convert some individual emlx files to mbox and then import the mbox file using Mail for Mac OS X or almost any other mail client.To use the tool, drag your emlx files into the main window. Click the "Save mbox..." button and a prompt will appear, allowing you to save an mbox file.
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I thought I had lost all of my emails because I had removed the "stamp" from my dock by making it go "poof" (thinking I was just hiding it) but when I opened my application for Mail, they were all gone and were in this weird .emlx format! This converter worked perfectly and restored all of my old emails. Thank you so much for this advice!
Mertiegirl
Great Tool
Mackidockie
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Simple to use. Stable. Saved my <i>tushie</i>.
Solid Program
monkeyboyforever
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I used it in Tiger (10.4.6), and it worked flawlessly. I was so happy with this product that I registered just to give feedback on it.