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File extension DBX - Microsoft Outlook Express e-mail folder file

File type specification:

Document file type icon Document file type

Email related data file type icon Email related data file type

dbx file icon: dbx file icon

What is DBX file extension:

The DBX file extension is associated with Microsoft Outlook Express, an e-mail and news client included in earlier releases of Microsoft Internet Explorer. The latest edition of Outlook Express is called Microsoft Mail Live.

The *.dbx files are used for storing users messages. Outlook Express saves *.dbx files in a folder on your computer. To find this folder, open outlook express and select the maintenance option (tools → options → maintenance).

In this folder, you may find a number of .dbx files. Outlook Express creates a *.dbx file for each message folder in Outlook Express. So inbox.dbx will contain emails from your inbox for example.

You can also find a file called folders.dbx. This file contains an index of all your message folders.

It is quite difficult to extract individual emails from a *.dbx file, however there are many applications available that are able to do this.

The default software that works with dbx file format:

Aid4Mail icon

Fookes Software Ltd. logo Aid4Mail

Company or developer:
  Fookes Software Ltd.

Aid4Mail is easy to use tool used to migrate email accounts and email messages to a different mail client. It is able to export e-mail messages in database or archive formats.

Microsoft Outlook Express icon

Microsoft Corporation logo Microsoft Outlook Express

Company or developer:
  Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Outlook Express is an e-mail client distributed with Internet Explorer from version 4.0 to version 6.0. It is also pre-installed in several versions of Microsoft Windows, from Windows 98 to Windows XP. In Windows Vista is Outlook Express replaced with Windows Mail. Outlook Express is user-friendly and easy to use application, which supports standard POP, IMAP accounts, composing rich HTML e-mails, e-mail encryption, privacy protection, malware protection, e-mail sorting etc..

Help how to open DBX files:

Use Outlook Express is able to access *.dbx files. DBX format can also be imported to Windows Live and Windows Live Mail.

How to convert file with extension DBX:

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File identification strings:

HEX code: CF AD 12 FE

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Differences between Outlook and Outlook Express

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Programs that open dbx file - Microsoft Outlook Express e-mail folder file

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Main software associated with dbx file by default:
Aid4Mail small icon Aid4Mail
Microsoft Outlook Express small icon Microsoft Outlook Express

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