Guide
Step-by-step instructions for working with Mbox Viewer.
Guide
Step-by-step instructions for working with Mbox Viewer: installing and opening your first archive, searching and filtering with Gmail-style operators and regex, spotting phishing with the forensic view, exporting emails and building an AES-256 protected case file, and managing your privacy and settings. Everything runs entirely locally in your browser.
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Getting started with Mbox Viewer
Install Mbox Viewer by Cloud Captains, drag your email archive into the window and read, sort and search your messages entirely locally on your own device.
Searching and filtering in Mbox Viewer
Find any message in your archive with the search bar, Gmail-style operators, regex, saved searches and filters by date, source file, attachments, stars and tags.
Privacy, settings and frequently asked questions
Everything about Mbox Viewer's privacy guarantees, the settings for themes, contrast, external images, display styles and storage, and answers to the most common questions.
Exporting emails and building a forensic case file
Export a selection of messages in bulk to EML, PDF, HTML, CSV or MBOX, or build a password-protected AES-256 case file. Export single messages too, and print-friendly PDFs with a document header.
Spotting phishing and checking authenticity with the forensic view
Use the Forensic tab to see whether a message really comes from its sender: SPF, DKIM and DMARC verdicts, a suspicion score on nine signals, SHA-256 and MD5 hashes and the full route with TLS status.