The last time I blogged about Mail Archiver X, it was not compatible with Mail 2.0’s new file system.

A new version was released today which offers full support for Mail.app emails in 10.4, a new interface, support for Filemaker 8 and other improvements.

Mail Archiver X works with Mail.app, PowerMail, Eudora, Mozilla, Netscape, Thunderbird, the standard mbox format and Entourage.

Its functions are controlled by a main toolbar:

It archives your emails using a database called Valentina by Paradigma Software. The speed of this database and a reduced reliance on AppleScript make Mail Archiver X run faster than comparable apps, the developers claim.

Backup options include the ability to select with mailboxes are archived. The database can be exported in Filemaker, Text, Valentina or xml format.

It also also allows you to browse and search the email in the database.

Mail Archiver X’s main competitors are MailSteward and FastMailBase.

In contrast to these, Mail Archiver X promotes itself as “the only mail archival application, which also offers cleaning of mails”. This means the ability to strip HTML, control tags and various other characters out of your emails, so that only clean copies of the useful material are retained:

Mail Archiver X is shareware (USD 34.95), five dollars more expensive than Mail Steward but much cheaper than FastMailBase (USD 97).

Which one is the best? MailSteward offers more sophisticated searching. Mail Archiver X offers cleaning. It depends on your needs.

Mail Archiver X is available from the developer’s web site.

Tags: 10.4, archive, backup, entourage, Eudora, HTML, Mail 2.0, mail.app, powermail, thunderbird

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