Outlook/Outlook Express .dbx files

Is there a way to read Outlook Express .dbx files? Any free library or something like that?

Once again, problem is solved. In using the DBXCONV utility, I needed to use the -mbx parameter on the command line. Dooh! Read the directions. Once I reconverted the DBX files using this parameter, I was able to successfully import all my messages. It was quite painless and very quick. Hats off to the DBXCONV developer. It worked very slick.
Mike

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Thunderbird crashes when importing high amount of Outlook Express .dbx files.

Greetings !
I'm trying to make a migration from Outlook Express to Thunderbird for a professional. His mail folder is made of around 1400 .dbx files (18GB of mails -woh-). Every time I'm trying to do the importation, Thunderbird crashes.
I think I should specify that this importation is happening on the new computer I set up and from the old hard drive.
I also tried importing small amounts : it worked but it's killing the file tree, which is not acceptable on a such amount of mails.
I found mention of an 'Undbx' software that could help me. I'll try it very soon and report.
I will provide a dxdiag.txt soon too, but I really think the PC is set up correctly (I have some experience in this domain).
Importing this mail folder is critical since it's a professional need, so I'm relying on you and deeply thank you for your effort here.
PS : English is not my native tongue, excuse the grammar and spelling mistakes.

Dear Matt.
I can proudly announced the problem is solved !
In 'accounts settings' (not sure of my translation here), I set the mail storage folder to a new one, near the hard drive root, then launched the importation. And it went just well, keeping up the file tree and all.
Thank you a lot for the informations you gave me. I wouldn't have found out the path length is limited to 255 without you. '''You rock, sir !'''
I owe you.
Keep up the good work. Thanks again.
Sincerly yours,
Jack
PS : Some information on this issue on the database would be welcome I think and I'd happily participate.

Decode Attachment in OutLook Express .dbx with MimeUtility?

Hi boys,
I want to extract an attachment (encoded in base64 format) from outlook express .dbx file.
I construct 2 classes :
- the first extract from dbx file the attachment data and write it to disk.
- the second read from disk and decode with MimeUtility class (JavaMail).
The result is that the final file decoded is 600 byte less the original.
sigh!.
Can Anyone help me?
Thanks Emanuele
These are the classes :
package dbxreader;
import java.io.*;
* Title: 
* Description: 
* Copyright: Copyright (c) 2004
* Company: 
* @author not attributable
* @version 1.0
public class Reading // THIS CLASS EXTRACT FROM DBX
private BufferedReader reader;
private FileOutputStream output;
private boolean complete = false;
public Reading()
public void parse(String archive,String fileName) throws IOException
reader= new BufferedReader(new FileReader(archive));
boolean found=false;
while(!found)
String line=reader.readLine();
if(line!=null)
int i=line.indexOf("filename=\""+fileName+"\"");
if(i!=-1)
found=true;
extractFile();
output.close();
reader.close();
private void extractFile() throws IOException
boolean finish=false;
boolean firstAttempt=true;
output= new FileOutputStream("solobyte.dat");
while (!finish)
char[] buffer=new char[2048];
byte[] dest;
int numberfBytes=reader.read(buffer);
if(firstAttempt)
dest=new byte[numberfBytes-2];
byte[] src=new String(buffer).getBytes("iso-8859-1");
System.arraycopy(src,2,dest,0,dest.length);
//String stringa=new String(dest);
firstAttempt=false;
else
byte[] src=new String(buffer).getBytes("iso-8859-1");
dest=new byte[numberfBytes];
System.arraycopy(src,0,dest,0,dest.length);
// controllo se il file e finito
// e scrivo l'array
String appoggio=new String(dest);
int index=appoggio.indexOf("------=_NextPart_");
if(index!=-1)
byte[] newdest=new byte[index-4];
System.arraycopy(dest,0,newdest,0,newdest.length);
System.out.print("Ci sono");
String prova=new String(dest);
finish=true;
String prova2=new String(newdest);
output.write(newdest);
output.flush();
else
output.write(dest);
output.flush();
System.out.print("ciao");
public static void main(String[] args)
try
Reading reading = new Reading();
reading.parse("Posta in arrivo.dbx", "PathAssolutoW.exe");
catch (IOException ex)
ex.printStackTrace();
THIS CLASS rRECONSTRUCT THE FILE
package dbxreader;
import java.io.*;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeUtility;
import javax.mail.*;
* Title: 
* Description: 
* Copyright: Copyright (c) 2004
* Company: 
* @author not attributable
* @version 1.0
public class Decode {
public Decode() {
public static void main(String[] args)
try {
// FileInputStream file = new FileInputStream(new File("Prova.txt"));
//FileInputStream file = new FileInputStream(new File("Temp64.txt"));
FileInputStream file = new FileInputStream(new File("solobyte.dat"));
InputStream stream = MimeUtility.decode(file, "base64");
FileOutputStream output =new FileOutputStream("PathAssolutoW.exe");
//FileOutputStream output =new FileOutputStream("PathAssolutow.exe");
int iter=0;
while(stream.available()>0)
byte[] buffer=new byte[4096];
int nbytes=stream.read(buffer);
output.write(buffer,0,nbytes);
output.flush();
stream.close();
output.close();
// FileOutputStream output =new FileOutputStream("path.exe");
output.close();
catch (MessagingException ex)
ex.printStackTrace();
catch (FileNotFoundException ex)
ex.printStackTrace();
catch(IOException ex)
ex.printStackTrace();
}

The situation is this :
i have send to myself a mail with an attachment pathassolutow.exe.
The original file info are(from right click and properties)
- 85.854 byte dimension
- 86.016 byte on disk
When i launch my process (the two classes) the result is:
- 85.237 byte dimension
- 86.016 byte on disk
there is a difference :
85.854 before
85.237 after
If i try to launch the result file i get an error.
I open the result file(85.237 bytes) with visual studio tool depends.
I have get an error " NO PE SIGNATURE FOUND.This File is Not a valid win32 module.
This application write on c a text file.
Thanks for the reply Emanuele

How do I import Outlook Express message files into Outlook 2013 without using LiveMail

I bought a new Windows 7 computer and have copied the Outlook Express .dbx files from the old XP computer onto the new one. Outlook 2013 's import facility does not have a .dbx option. I do not want to use Windows Live for anything. How do
I import my Outlook Express mail files into Outlook 2013 ?

Hi,
It isn't only to Outlook 2013, other versions of Outlook cannot access the .dbx files directly.
In the situation, Windows Live Mail is needed to transfer the mail data to Outlook.
Best regards,
Rex Zhang
TechNet Community Support

How to import Outlook Express DBX to Outlook PST?

Outlook Express DBX Recovery Software comes to save all your lost emails. This tool simply and easily recovers all the precious data of Microsoft Outlook Express including emails, attachments, images and other email properties like Date, From, To, Subject and more. This repair software automatically recovers permanently deleted emails. Outlook Express Recovery software tool is a standalone email recovery program which is purely intended to separate the subfolder created on the disk for each folder of Outlook Express.It provides benefits to them with repairing and recovering Outlook Express emails and folders; undelete emails of Outlook Express and repair DBX files.
so Check out the FREE trail version demo in which user can recover its data in free:
http://www.recoverfilesdata.com/outlook-express-dbx-recovery.html

No doubt, it is very simple process to import Outlook Express DBX to PST file. If you do not want to invest money, then do it manually. The given link will help you, follow the steps-
http://ijiraojutu.wordpress.com/2014/07/09/how-to-convert-outlook-express-to-out look-format/
There is also a costless application; you can execute on any Windows and do not worry, it does not involve any alteration into database.

Outlook Express dbx oversize bug

Hi
I´m using Outlook Express 6 and now my inbox DBX folder has reached 2 GB size.
I thought that deleating the mails is enough.
So I deleated the mails with attachments and kept plain-text mails in my inbox.
Now I have a DBX inbox file of 2 GB and no more mails in the inbox.
What can I do now to recover my mails?
Thank you for your help.
Martin

You can easily use outlook express recovery with the help of OE-Mail Recovery
This solution supports restoring dbx files more than 2GB in size, see it on http://www.oemailrecovery.com/outlook-express-recovery.html

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Can't import email or address book from Outlook Express

I mounted a hard drive from my old (DEAD) computer.
I tried to import my email files.
I pointed Thunderbird to the folder containing all of the Outlook Express *.dbx files
It shows no files and imports nothing.
I discovered after an hour that I could drag and drop my Dave.wab address book into the Windows Contacts file, where Win7 extracted the contacts. They could then be imported into Thunderbird.

For importing the dbx files, see this page:
http://thunderbirdtweaks.blogspot.ca/2011/07/outlook-express.html

What I view the dbx files are of unknown format from TEMP directory?

When you start Outlook Express DBX file to create a push, but after the program can not find it. There is a configuration change that? In the TEMP folder found files, but they are of unknown format, what I view the dbx files?

The user of the DBX Viewer Tool can recover mail messages from *.dbx files in the batch mode. If you recover messages in the Batch mode, messages are extracted from *.dbx files one by one and immediately saved to the hard drive. Batch message recovery can be
used to recover correspondence from a large number of corrupted *.dbx files simultaneously.
http://www.dbx.viewertool.com/ The Batch Mode will allows you to considerably save time and effort spent on organizing the process of recovering messages from corrupted *.dbx files. Read it: http://www.filerepairforum.com/forum/microsoft/microsoft-aa/outlook-express/966-i-need-to-dbx-viewer-tool-advise-me-anything

Which has a comfortable DBX file viewer?

Good day. I sent in the mail file DBX. Here's the problem - I need to find this archive of all letters stored in it only to find one specific letter, but through Outlook it is not convenient for me as this is necessary to replace this
file my own e-mail this file to me and it's uncomfortable. Do what some handy software for such purposes. Ie What do I view file dbx.?

DBX Viewer Tool is an all-in-one, highly efficient and easy to use corrupt DBX viewer and recovery tool for Outlook Express DBF files. The core of this corrupt DBX file viewer uses a combination of several file analysis
algorithms for maximum speed or file viewing and subsequent recovery. Users who are unaware how to view corrupted .dbx files will benefit from the step-by-step wizard guiding them through the process and minimizing time and effort needed to view the contents
of a damaged file and recover its data. DBX Viewer Tool comes with a DBX search feature that automatically locates DBX files on the user’s hard drive and a convenient message browser that enables users to preview the contents of DBX files. This corrupt Outlook
Express file viewer saves messages in the EML format supported by most email applications and restores messages previously deleted from Outlook Express DBX files.
Source: http://www.dbx.viewertool.com/

Import Outlook Express from only data files

I am working with a person who recently bought a new Mac. She has a complete backup image of her old hard drive saved on DVD but she has already gotten rid of the old Mac. On her old Mac, she used OS 9 and Outlook Express for E-mail. She had several hundred messages saved that she wants imported into Mail in OS X. However when I go to import the Outlook mailboxes, Mail says "Outlook and Classic will be started." Is it actually necessary that I install Classic support, install Outlook Express inside Classic, and drop in the data files, simply to import the mailboxes? The messages are obviosuly contained in one file named "Messages" in the previous /Documents/Microsoft Userdata/Identities/Main Identity folder - the "Messagse" file is somewhere along the lines of 200MB in size. Also, what will I do when Intel macs start to hit the streets that can't even boot Classic in the first place? Are there other OS-X only ways to import Outlook Express data files into Mail?

Before going for any third party utility, I think you should try the free Outlook Express basic repair kit provided by Microsoft, which include:
Deletion of temporary internet files
Compacting all folders
Re-register Outlook Express and its libraries
For more: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2398839
If you does not find any of these above given solutiona helpful, then you can for any third party recovery solution (as you can Google it)

I need to make outlook express repair. How to realize it?

I have recently lost my general outlook express folders. I try to open them but oe says they are corrupted.

Outlook Express Repair Toolbox is a Microsoft Outlook Express DBX repair tool that restores data from *.DBX Microsoft Outlook Express files.
Main capabilities of the Microsoft Outlook Express inbox repair tool include:
> Restore information from *. DBX files for Outlook Express 5, 5.5, 6
> Batch restoration mode for *.dbx files
> Compatible with Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, Me, XP, Vista and Windows 7
Source: http://www.outlookexpress.repairtoolbox.com/

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No doubt, it is very simple process to import Outlook Express DBX to PST file. If you do not want to invest money, then do it manually. The given link will help you, follow the steps-
http://ijiraojutu.wordpress.com/2014/07/09/how-to-convert-outlook-express-to-out look-format/
There is also a costless application; you can execute on any Windows and do not worry, it does not involve any alteration into database.

Import mail and address from outlook express

I had a PC and used outlook express as mail software.
I have copy the outlook express database (files .dbx like address.dbx, inbox.dbx, ...) on my new mac and I want to import all my files and messages.
How could I do this.
Thanks
PS : I'm french, hope you will forgive the grammar ...

Hello Sijmons,
Thank you for your response.
I already tried it. I used File/Import a mailbox ..., then "Mail" offer me to choose the software I used, and I had the choice to run Mcrosoft Entourage, Outlook Express, ... and others.
Then I went to the place where I have stocked the .dbx files.
But mail seems not to be able to read it.
Do you know how to read .dbx librairies with Mail ?
Thanks in advance
Have a good day

Outlook Express corrupted, Lost Folders

My outlook Express prefs file (probably) got corrupted, giving error "End of File Reached". I looked at the Messages file and it had expanded to 241MB. The procedure to rebuild the prefs file creates a new EMPTY messages file and relabelling the old one. I saved the old messages file to my desktop and put a Lock on it. Is there any way to recover items from that file. I tried moving the file back into the Identity, but it is not recognized. 100 pictures and 200 JOKES are at stake here!
Thanx
Roodle

Re: Outlook Express corrupted, Lost Folders
Posted: May 7, 2009 8:35 PM in response to: Roodle
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My situation is a little more complicated thaan the referenced item. I did the "compact" operation and allocated more file space. Then each message that came up had garbage in the message body - instead of the message. So I experimented. I set up an Entourage account and tried resending the items to that account (to myself). The garbage travelled along. So... I tried to send multiples at a time to Entourage. It worked (for a while). The messages came over intact. I thought I had cracked the code, until about 40 items were transferrred. OE got another "end of file reached". The messages file in the OE identity had expanded from just under 100MB to 241MB. I saved that file to the desktop with lock, moved the original messages file back into the identity along with it's associated prefs file and tried again. This time it expanded to 602MB. This is where I am right now.
I believe the data is still there, but index pointers have somehow gotten corrupted, causing the message file to fill with garbage. I recognized some of the garbage as software product names from my hard drive. Yikes!

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