MBOX Viewer: PstViewer Pro Supports MBOX Email

The latest version of PstViewer Pro software (8.0) adds support for MBOX email files.   This is useful for anyone who wants to manage email content from email clients that utilize MBOX, such as Mozilla Thunderbird.

PstViewer Pro now supports MBOX viewing and conversion.

What is MBOX?

Mbox has never been formally defined as a formal specification.  The term is applied to a grup of email messages that have been stored as plain text in a single file (mbox).  The email header information is broken out, including the fields holding the From/To/Subject and Date fields.  Though the text portion of email messages can be viewed by a standard text viewer, PstViewer Pro is able to organize the information so it appears in an organized mail list.

How to Open a MBOX File?

To open a MBOX file and view the emails inside with PstViewer Pro, first locate the file with the Explorer Tree, and select it.

PstViewer Pro will parse the MBOX file and display the individual emails in the mail list. To view any email in the list, just click on it.

You can open an email to full view by double clicking on it.

Email from MBOX file shown full screen

How to Convert Emails from MBOX to PDF

MBOX to PDF export capabilities are included with PstViewer Pro. You can export all selected emails and most file document file attachments into the PDF file.

To convert Mbox to Pdf, follow these steps.

First, select one or more Mbox emails from the mail list. When an email is selected it is highlighted.  To choose all emails in the list, type Control-A.  To select emails individually, hold the Windows control key and click on the desired emails.

Select Mbox Emails to Export to PDF

Second, go to the Export tab and choose from the different PDF export options

Choose the PDF export format on the Export tab

Lastly, click the "Export" button.


We hope that you will find MBOX support a useful new feature for PstViewer Pro.  Please post any questions you have in the comments below, or email supportline at encryptomatic.com.  We're always happy to hear from you!

Two Ways to Export Email From A Microsoft Outlook Folder

Microsoft Outlook stores email in Personal Storage Tables, or PST files.  Each Outlook Pst file can contain multiple folders, and each folder may contain hundreds, perhaps thousands of email messages.

Outlook automatically creates several default folders inside a Pst file, including Inbox, Drafts, Sent Items, and Deleted Items. Outlook users can create additional email folders. There is no limit to the number of files that you can add to a Pst file.

Right Click in Outlook to add a folder to a Pst file.

Pst file folders are useful for sorting and organizing email messages. Some Outlook users may meticulously file emails into folders. Others will configure Outlook rules that automatically move email into the appropriate email folder.

Sometimes it may be useful to copy emails from from an Outlook folder to somewhere else, perhaps a desktop folder, Dropbox, a USB stick, etc.

There are two software products from Encryptomatic LLC that  can assist you with exporting email from specific Outlook .pst file folders:  MessageExport and PstViewer Pro.

MessageExport is an add-in that works from within the Outlook menu system. MessageExport requires Microsoft Outlook 2016 through 2007 to do it's work.  If you have Outlook, then MessageExport is a good choice.

PstViewer Pro is a standalone Windows application that does not require Outlook.  If you don't have Outlook, then PstViewer Pro is a good choice.

Download a 15 day free trial of either or both products and follow along with the tutorials below.

Exporting an Outlook Folder with MessageExport

MessageExport add-in for Outlook

MessageExport installs as part of the Outlook menu system.  To export an Outlook folder, first locate the folder and highlight it by clicking on it.

Next, select the target export format from the MessageExport dropdown list.

Click "Export" to start the process.

MessageExport will begin exporting all of the emails from the selected Outlook folder, converting them to the chosen file format.   You can convert all email from an Outlook folder into many different file types, including .msg, .eml, .csv, .docx, .odt, jpg, gif, tif, png, .pdf, and others.

Exported files can be given a custom file name that incorporates bits of the email meta data.  This is done by editing the export profile

Exporting an Outlook Folder with PstViewer Pro

PstViewer Pro is Windows application that reads multiple email formats (.pst, .ost, .msg, eml, .mbox). It does not require Microsoft Outlook.

To export email from an Outlook .pst folder with PstViewer Pro, follow these steps.

First, from the Export menu, choose among the target formats. In this example, we are exporting email to the .eml format.

Exporting an Outlook .pst folder with PstViewer Pro

Next, select the folder containing the emails you want to export.

Select the email folder

From the maillist, type Ctrol-A to select all of the emails in that folder.

Finally, click the "Export" button. All selected emails within the Pst file folder will now be converted to the selected file format (in this example, .eml)


We hope this article helps you with your email conversion project. If you have any questions, please post them in comments below. We are always glad to assist you.

MSG to JPG: How to Bulk Convert Outlook .Msg Emails to JPG Format?

Email viewer converts Outlook emails from .eml or .msg to .jpg images

Outlook emails stored as .msg or .eml email files can be preserved as image files, such as JPG. Converting email to .jpg makes them easy to view, reduces their size and ensures that the message formatting is preserved exactly as it was originally intended.  This useful functionality is built into PstViewer Pro email viewing software by Encryptomatic LLC. PstViewer Pro is an email viewer that displays Outlook .pst, .ost, .msg, .mbox and .eml files.

Although today we are specifically discussing msg to jpg email conversion, this article is easily adapted to other email-to-image format conversion pairings, such as pst to jpg, mbox to jpg, or eml to gif.

Download a free 15 day trial of PstViewer Pro software for Microsoft Windows and follow along. The trial requires Windows 10 through Vista with the latest service packs installed. Microsoft Outlook is not required on your computer for PstViewer Pro to render Outlook emails.

When PstViewer Pro starts, locate the folder holding your Outlook .msg emails. Selecting that folder in the folder explorer navigation will load those msg files into PstViewer Pro's mail list.

Select .msg emails that you want to convert to .jpg format.

Next, use PstViewer Pro's search and filtering capabilities to identify which of the msg files in the mail list will be converted to a JPG image.  There are a rage of filtering and search options you can use.  When finished, type Control-A on your keyboard to highlight (select) all of the remaining emails for jpg conversion.

Search through .msg files to find those you want to convert to .jpg format.

Finally, from the Export tab,  choose "JPG" and click "Export."  The export operation will continue until all of the email message bodies have been rendered and converted into JPG image files.

Start the conversion process by selecting "JPG" and click "Export."

When the conversion operation is complete, your jpg files will include a header that shows the basic email information, such as From, To, Subject, etc.   The shape and size of the jpg images will vary according to the length of the original email message.

A .msg email that has been converted to .jpg format.

If you have any questions about converting email into Jpg or other image formats, please post them below. We're always glad to help.  We hope this article will help you with your project.