this is a shameless plug.
I'm happy to announce the public release (v1.00 beta 2) of my packer plugin for reading Unix mailbox (mbox) files for Total Commander (TC). I hope, that it will be useful for some of you.
Using this plugin, TC can handle an mbox file like a folder, that contains single EML files (= the mails) -- 'read only' in this first version.
The messages can be sorted by subject, size, or time.
The plugin stamps each mail according to it's "Date" header field. Since this time stamp is expressed in Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) for all mails, messages from all parts of the world (e.g. on a mailing list) can be sorted by time in a consistent way.
You can view the content of selected mails, compare the contents of 2 mails in the same or in different mbox files, extract individual or all messages, search mbox files for duplicate mails, and more ...
Some mail programs cannot handle their mbox files any more, when they become too large. In this case, TC together with this plugin can be very valuable, to extract the mails, and thereby save them. The plugin also can save messages from corrupted mailboxes, that contain binary data (e.g. ASCII 26 = <EOF> marker).
Technically, the plugin is an industry standard 32-bit Windows DLL, that can be used by _any_ program, written in C, Delphi, or <whatever>.
Download: http://luethje.de.vu/prog/
Since this beta version runs pretty stable, I'll release the final version 1.00 soon. This version will (at least) have the following enhancements:
- Mailboxes can be opened with <Ctrl>+<PageDown>, regardless of the file extension.
- It will contain the source code.
Any questions, suggestions, comments, and bug reports are welcome.
Best regards,
Juergen
. And if this message was not for developers and testers you could wait to announce the stable version not beta.