KeyView 24.1

# Extract Subfiles from Mailbox Files

A Mailbox (MBX) file is a collection of individual emails compiled with RFC 822 and RFC 2045 - 2049 (MIME), and divided by message separators. There are many mail applications that export to an MBX format, such as Eudora Email and Mozilla Thunderbird.

When an MBX file is extracted to disk, the message text and header information (`To`, `From`, `Sent`, and so on) from each mail file are extracted to text files. If you do not want to extract the header information, see Mail Metadata.

In Eudora MBX files, attachments are inserted as a link and are stored externally from the message. These attachments are not extracted, but the path to the attachment is returned in the call to the `extGetSubFileInfo` method. You can write code to retrieve the attachment based on the returned path.

For MBX files from other clients, KeyView extracts attachments when they are embedded in the message.

NOTE: The Mailbox (MBX) reader is an advanced feature and is sold and licensed separately. To enable this reader in a KeyView SDK, you must obtain the appropriate license key from OpenText.

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Version 24.1 | Last updated December 2023

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Product: IDOL KeyView 24.1

Topic Title: Extract Subfiles from Mailbox Files