Email related data file extensions

Email related data file extension list

File extension used by mail applications and mail clients to storage e-mail messages and other data related to internet mail communication.

This category contains file types related to internet mail communication and e-mail clients. E-mail data files are places where email applications store their data (email messages, personal folders, adress books etc.).

The most popular e-mail client is Microsoft Office Outlook - a part of Microsoft Office suite and it can import many of email data files from another email applications to work with them. Native file format of Microsoft Office Outlook data file is Personal folder file (pst file suffix).

Very popular free and simple email client under Microsot Windows platform was Microsoft Outlook Express (dbx files), replaced by Windows Mail after release of Windows Vista and then replaced by Windows Live Mail (using eml files to store mail data).

From non-Microsoft email clients is very popular open source client called Mozilla Thunderbird (stores data in MSF files).

Other often used clients are Pegasus Mail, The Bat! or Apple Mail (mbox, emlx) a native e-mail client for MAC OS X platform.

Extension	File type description
file extension boe	Outlook Express backup
file extension box	FoxMail e-mail box
file extension bri	Open Text FirstClass file
file extension cnm	Pegasus Mail new mail message
file extension cnm	Kerio WinRoute Firewall electronic mail file
file extension dbx	Outlook Express e-mail folder
file extension eml	Email message
file extension emlx	Apple Mail email message
file extension idb	PocoMail index file
file extension idx	Microsoft Outlook Express index file
file extension idx	PocoMail index file
file extension idx	Forte Agent file
file extension maildb	MSN Mail file
file extension mbg	Microsoft Mail mailbag file
file extension mbg	Mailbag Assistant e-mail archive
file extension mbox	Mail mailbox file
file extension mbs	Opera mailbox file
file extension mbx	MBX Unix mail folder
file extension mbx	Eudora mailbox file
file extension mbx	PocoMail mailbox file
file extension mht	Mime HTML (MHTML) file
file extension msb	The Bat! file
file extension msf	Mozilla Thunderbird mail summary file
file extension msg	Microsoft Exchange mail document
file extension msg	PMMail 2000 e-mail message file
file extension msg	PMMail/2 e-mail message file
file extension nws	Internet News Message
file extension pmi	Pegasus Mail message folder index file
file extension pmm	Pegasus Mail mail message folder
file extension pmx	Pegasus Mail outgoing message
file extension pmx	E-mail Examiner file
file extension pst	Microsoft Office Outlook personal folder file
file extension tbb	The Bat! e-mail hives
file extension toc	Eudora table of contents
file extension vfb	Microsoft Office Outlook file
file extension zmc	ZoneAlarm MailSafe file