Large MBOX file
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I’ve not had to work with MBOX files, they are a text document file type of in this case a Gmail account.
It is a decent sized file at 1.3GB and of course MS Word has a 512MB limit.Any suggestions on what could open this? I have tried MBOX Viewer from sourceforge so far.
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Are you working from a Windows only workstation?
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@DustinB3403 said in Large MBOX file:
Are you working from a Windows only workstation?
Yes- State Agency.
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@gjacobse said in Large MBOX file:
@DustinB3403 said in Large MBOX file:
Are you working from a Windows only workstation?
Yes- State Agency.
Can you install WSL and see if vi could open this?
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@gjacobse said in Large MBOX file:
MBOX
This is an IETF standard for a container of mail messages. Do you have access to Thunderbird or something? That will open it without any issues.
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I’ll have to try that Monday if this doesn’t work.
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Open it with Mozilla Thunderbird with the Import Export Addon
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1224839
https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools/ -
Thunderbird wants you to create the mailbox settings first.
This is part of a state investigation, so, no gmail account is available. This needs to be a free standing solution. While MBOX reports the ability to handle a 4GB file, it never finishes indexing.
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@gjacobse said in Large MBOX file:
Thunderbird wants you to create the mailbox settings first.
This is part of a state investigation, so, no gmail account is available. This needs to be a free standing solution. While MBOX reports the ability to handle a 4GB file, it never finishes indexing.
you can add literally anything in, and bypass the process to actually create an account with Thunderbird.
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@DustinB3403 said in Large MBOX file:
@gjacobse said in Large MBOX file:
Thunderbird wants you to create the mailbox settings first.
This is part of a state investigation, so, no gmail account is available. This needs to be a free standing solution. While MBOX reports the ability to handle a 4GB file, it never finishes indexing.
you can add literally anything in, and bypass the process to actually create an account with Thunderbird.
Interesting-
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@DustinB3403 said in Large MBOX file:
@gjacobse said in Large MBOX file:
Thunderbird wants you to create the mailbox settings first.
This is part of a state investigation, so, no gmail account is available. This needs to be a free standing solution. While MBOX reports the ability to handle a 4GB file, it never finishes indexing.
you can add literally anything in, and bypass the process to actually create an account with Thunderbird.
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Yes, it worked. I found that it was also an issue the the file name. It was longer than Mozilla wanted. I wonder now if the MBOX viewer would open it now also...
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@DustinB3403 said in Large MBOX file:
@gjacobse said in Large MBOX file:
Thunderbird wants you to create the mailbox settings first.
This is part of a state investigation, so, no gmail account is available. This needs to be a free standing solution. While MBOX reports the ability to handle a 4GB file, it never finishes indexing.
you can add literally anything in, and bypass the process to actually create an account with Thunderbird.
Yup...
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@gjacobse said in Large MBOX file:
@DustinB3403 said in Large MBOX file:
@gjacobse said in Large MBOX file:
Thunderbird wants you to create the mailbox settings first.
This is part of a state investigation, so, no gmail account is available. This needs to be a free standing solution. While MBOX reports the ability to handle a 4GB file, it never finishes indexing.
you can add literally anything in, and bypass the process to actually create an account with Thunderbird.
So-
Yes, it worked. I found that it was also an issue the the file name. It was longer than Mozilla wanted. I wonder now if the MBOX viewer would open it now also...
I see.
