Observed arrival · 2026-09-11

MBOX Lens: An Archive Workbench for Old Email

mboxlens.com Observed source

Editorial interest 79/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A local-first MBOX viewer that searches email archives, extracts selected attachments, and exports readable indexes.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-11 issue.

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Users select an extracted .mbox file from a local archive, search its messages, and choose attachments for individual download or a ZIP export. The ZIP can contain an index.csv that maps each exported file to its source email, while a separate CSV export records subjects, participants, dates, and attachment details without including message bodies. The page states that archives remain on the device and supports up to 100,000 messages and 64 MiB per message.

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