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Mac OS X Mail’s .mbox folders are not standard mbox files

I think the title says it all, but the problem is bigger than that. The whole idea that the last 3 or 4 letters of a filename are an indication of underlying file format and structure is flawed. More than flawed, it’s wrong, but 3 decades of MS-DOS (yes, it’s

weirdkid October 14, 2008 Tips Read more

Another Mac OS X Mail import wizard bug

Just got a kind note from Mike, a Mac user, saying that Emailchemy was the only Mac-based method he could find to convert his Windows Outlook PST file to Mac OS X Mail. 1GB in 20 minutes, not bad at all. Anyway, he wrote to also report another quirk in

weirdkid February 28, 2008 Tips Read more

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Silly name. Serious Software. Weird Kid Software LLC develops solutions that help with the migration, management, archival, and analysis of email data. Our flagship product, Emailchemy, is used by individuals, major corporations and governments all over the world. We founded Weird Kid Software LLC in 1999 and our goal was...

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