An emlx to mbox converter
CosmicSoft has written an app that will convert emails in Mail 2.0’s new emlx format back into the standard mbox format.
The app’s readme file claims that,
…if you need to recover from a hard drive crash, it’s almost impossible to recover your mail messages easily since Mail won’t import emlx files and you can’t add them to your mailboxes any other way.
It is true that importing emlx messages is not one of the default options in Mail.app’s “Import” menu, but there is a simple work-around that will import your emlx emails without the trouble of converting them into the mbox first.
Still, this app could be useful if you are thinking of abandoning Apple Mail for some other email client. Perish the thought!
You can download it from CosmicSoft’s website.
UPDATE: New version (1.0.3) released, 23 December 2005.
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