{"id":130,"date":"2018-09-04T08:13:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T08:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/?p=130"},"modified":"2022-08-26T08:46:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T08:46:15","slug":"what-program-do-i-use-to-open-a-mbox-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/what-program-do-i-use-to-open-a-mbox-file\/","title":{"rendered":"What Program Do I Use to Open a MBOX File?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-141\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/open-mbox-300x150.png\" alt=\"How to open mbox file\" width=\"606\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/open-mbox-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/open-mbox-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/open-mbox-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/open-mbox-624x312.png 624w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/open-mbox-720x360.png 720w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/open-mbox.png 1459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>MBOX<\/strong> file\u00a0is usually a type of email extension that is stored by multiple email clients such as <strong>Apple Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird, Eudora, Sparrow Mail<\/strong> etc. where data is saved on a plain text and start with &#8220;from&#8221; in the header section. Gradually, we will know about &#8220;What program do I use to open a MBOX file&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Now try to figure out how to open or import\u00a0<strong>MBOX<\/strong> data. In order to open MBOX data in this format, it is necessary to install an Implement an Email client. You can install any email client in your PC but you must have a related platform according to the email client. Below we will discuss some Email clients, which hold MBOX format &amp; How to migrate with MBOX data.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to import MBOX data into Mozilla Thunderbird<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mozilla Thunderbird<\/strong> is mostly used in organizations \/ enterprises. It also includes a variety of features that make it suitable for work. If you are using Mozilla Thunderbird then, you use these steps to import MBOX data into <strong>Thunderbird<\/strong> (For window platform).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Install \u201cimport export tool\u201d Add-on on Thunderbird<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-135\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/add-on-300x160.png\" alt=\"import mbox to thunderbird\" width=\"499\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/add-on-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/add-on-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/add-on-1024x545.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/add-on-624x332.png 624w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/add-on.png 1555w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>After install Add-on &gt;&gt; Open Tool Menu<\/li>\n<li>Go to Import Export tool &gt;&gt; Choose Import MBOX file option<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-136\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/import-mbox-300x178.png\" alt=\"how to import mbox to thunderbird\" width=\"499\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/import-mbox-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/import-mbox-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/import-mbox-1024x607.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/import-mbox-624x370.png 624w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/import-mbox.png 1417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Browse your MBOX data and click on OK button<\/li>\n<li>Check your inbox after importing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nowadays, <strong>Thunderbird<\/strong> users are getting reduced daily, due to the expansion of <strong>Outlook<\/strong>. Outlook is providing many great features to our users as well as <strong>Outlook<\/strong> can be used on Android and Windows Phones.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to open MBOX data into Apple Mail<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Apple mail is an inbuilt emailing service of MAC OS, it has many advance features like spam filter, calendar, contacts, smart mailbox, flag messages etc. it can configure with <strong>SMTP\/POP3\/IMAP<\/strong> server protocols and also pre-configure with famous online email client such as <strong>Yahoo, Gmail, AOL Mail<\/strong> etc.<\/p>\n<p>If you have MAC PC &amp; you want to open someone MBOX data into your Apple Mail then follow these steps.<\/p>\n<p>Open Apple Mail<\/p>\n<p>Go to file menu and select \u201cImport Mailboxes\u201dChoose files in MBOX format then continue.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-131\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple-300x173.png\" alt=\"import mbox data to apple mail\" width=\"496\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple-624x359.png 624w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple.png 871w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-132\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple1-300x173.png\" alt=\"apple mail to outlook\" width=\"491\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple1-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple1-768x444.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple1-624x361.png 624w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple1.png 877w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Search you MBOX data and hit on choose button<\/p>\n<p>In preview list, you can select or deselect MBOX file &amp; folders then click on Continue<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-133\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple2-300x169.png\" alt=\"how to import mbox data into Apple mail\" width=\"495\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple2-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple2-624x352.png 624w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple2.png 877w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-134\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple3-300x168.png\" alt=\"import mbox to apple mail\" width=\"495\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple3-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple3-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple3-624x350.png 624w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/apple3.png 871w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It takes some time as huge your data. After importing, you can check you inbox folder.<\/p>\n<p>This is only for MAC user, if you have Window PC then install <strong>Mozilla Thunderbird, Eudora, MS Entourage<\/strong> etc. <strong>OR<\/strong> if you want to use most advance feature then use <strong>MS Outlook<\/strong> and convert your <strong>MBOX<\/strong> data to <strong>PST<\/strong> format and import into MS Outlook. Because PST is more stable and reliable format compare to MBOX.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How to upload MBOX data into Eudora Mailbox<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Eudora was developed by <strong>Qualcomm Company,<\/strong> it supports <strong>SMTP, POP, IMAP<\/strong> protocols &amp; store email into MBX format (.<strong>mbox<\/strong>&amp;.<strong>mbx<\/strong> have similar structure). Eudora runs on MAC &amp; Window platform &amp; it have some features like <strong>spam watch, Bayesian filter<\/strong> etc.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to open an MBOX mailbox in <strong>Eudora<\/strong> email client, then follow the Mozilla Thunderbird step as I have shown to you because <strong>Eudora<\/strong> supports Thunderbird add-on. Here you have to focus only on the <strong>Eudora version<\/strong>, its add-on do not get older than version of Eudora.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How to open\/view MBOX data in MailsDaddy Free MBOX viewer<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I have shown you different types to open the MBOX data in some email clients. But one stage is that, you want to see or point out only a few messages, then why waste time in importing the installation or importing the mbox data. You can do is by using only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mailsdaddy.com\/free-mbox-viewer\/\"><strong>MailsDaddy Free MBOX viewer<\/strong><\/a>, It will easily view any of the MBOX data. This is 100% absolutely free service of MailsDaddy for viewing MBOX data or email.<\/p>\n<p>It takes some several steps to view MBOX data<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, Download MailsDaddy Free MBOX viewer<\/li>\n<li>Install into your PC<\/li>\n<li>Click on Add file button<\/li>\n<li>Add MBOX file &amp; folders then Next<\/li>\n<li>After upload your MBOX data, click on individual email to see the preview in the right side pane.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-137\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/step-4-300x199.png\" alt=\"MBOX viewer\" width=\"497\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/step-4-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/step-4-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/step-4-624x414.png 624w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/step-4.png 849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How to save MBOX data into MS Outlook<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>At last, we take a decision to store <strong>MBOX<\/strong> data into <strong>MS Outlook<\/strong>, if above tools or email client is not fulfill our desired.This time, we have to need a perfect converter to migrate MBOX to PST format after that we will import into <strong>MS Outlook<\/strong> easily. The expert tool means\u00a0<strong>MailsDaddy, <\/strong>which\u00a0provides the best converters for migrating various email client.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mailsdaddy.com\/mbox-to-pst-converter\/\"><strong>MailsDaddy MBOX to PST converter<\/strong><\/a> is the best solution to export MBOX data to PST format in few clicks. It supports 30 email client including <strong>Mozilla Thunderbird, Apple Mail, &amp; Eudora<\/strong> as well as its capable to convert multiple <strong>MBOX data to Outlook<\/strong>. Its conversion step is so easily, you can explore its steps here.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Some noticeable feature of MBOX to PST converter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Multiple<\/strong> Options to Add MBOX data.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bulk Export<\/strong> option to migrate all data at once.<\/li>\n<li>See the <strong>preview <\/strong>of individual email and their attachments.<\/li>\n<li>Search Email by its <strong>Name, To, From<\/strong>, &amp; <strong>Date<\/strong> wise.<\/li>\n<li>You can save the email, at the time preview into the given format such as <strong>RTF, MSG, EML<\/strong> etc.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Autoload<\/strong> Button specially designed for Thunderbird users to automatically load MBOX data.<\/li>\n<li>Create <strong>single or separate PST<\/strong> file at time of conversion.<\/li>\n<li>Convert <strong>MBOX<\/strong> data into various formats instead of <strong>PST<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Support all <strong>Window<\/strong> and <strong>MS Outlook<\/strong> versions whether old or new.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Pros<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>100% error free migration.<\/li>\n<li>Instantly work on MBOX to PST conversion<\/li>\n<li>No technical knowledge required.<\/li>\n<li>No any other add on required to convert MBOX data<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Cons.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Demo version allows you to convert 20 emails from each folder, if you want to remove this limit you can buy a respective license and get unlimited migration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final words<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here, you saw all possible method to import or open MBOX data. 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