News, updates, and ideas from the team behind Mbox Viewer — the native Mac and Windows app for opening MBOX and EML email archives.https://mboxviewer.net/enhttps://mboxviewer.net/blog/whats-new-in-mbox-viewer-2-7-0/https://mboxviewer.net/blog/whats-new-in-mbox-viewer-2-7-0/Mbox Viewer 2.7.0 is a big reliability, privacy, accessibility and speed update — faster on large mailboxes, stronger tracking-pixel blocking, full VoiceOver and keyboard support, and rock-solid handling of huge or malformed files. Still strictly read-only.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mboxviewer.net/blog/email-formats-history-and-anatomy/https://mboxviewer.net/blog/email-formats-history-and-anatomy/How email is actually stored on disk — MBOX, Maildir, EML, PST, OST, OLM, MSG, NSF and historical formats like Eudora. Their history, how they're built, what each one is good for, and a side-by-side comparison.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mboxviewer.net/blog/email-archive-formats-explained/https://mboxviewer.net/blog/email-archive-formats-explained/What's actually inside an email archive? A plain-language tour of the four formats you'll meet — MBOX, EML, PST and OLM — and how to read each one on a Mac.Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mboxviewer.net/blog/read-old-email-archives-on-modern-mac/https://mboxviewer.net/blog/read-old-email-archives-on-modern-mac/That backup from Eudora, Entourage, Netscape or PowerMail is probably standard mbox — which means a modern Mac can still read it. Here's how to find out and open it safely.Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mboxviewer.net/blog/why-back-up-your-gmail/https://mboxviewer.net/blog/why-back-up-your-gmail/Cloud email is convenient until it isn't. Here's why keeping a local Gmail backup matters — account lockouts, accidental deletion, leaving providers — and how Mbox Viewer makes that archive usable.Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mboxviewer.net/blog/introducing-mbox-viewer/https://mboxviewer.net/blog/introducing-mbox-viewer/Why we built Mbox Viewer — a native macOS app that opens MBOX and EML files of any size with streaming performance, total privacy, and no Electron or Java in sight.Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT