Large MBOX file

DustinB3403

@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?

coliver

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.

gjacobse

I’ll have to try that Monday if this doesn’t work.

dbeato

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/

gjacobse

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.

DustinB3403

@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.

gjacobse

@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-
Will check and try again.

gjacobse

@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...

dbeato

@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...

dbeato

@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.