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Open email file

Tools

sudo apt install readpst

Sample Output:
TO-DO

Basic

# Convert to mbox format
readpst '<PST_FILE>'

Sample Output:
$ readpst 'Access Control.pst'
Opening PST file and indexes...
Processing Folder "Deleted Items"
        "Access Control" - 2 items done, 0 items skipped.

# Open .mbox (plaintext)
cat '<MBOX_FILE>'

Sample Output:
$ cat 'Access Control.mbox'
From "john@megacorp.com" Fri Aug 24 07:44:07 2018
Status: RO
From: john@megacorp.com <john@megacorp.com>
Subject: MegaCorp Access Control System "security" account
To: 'security@accesscontrolsystems.com'
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 23:44:07 +0000
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
        boundary="--boundary-LibPST-iamunique-41717394_-_-"


----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-41717394_-_-
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
        boundary="alt---boundary-LibPST-iamunique-41717394_-_-"

--alt---boundary-LibPST-iamunique-41717394_-_-
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

Hi there,

 

The password for the “security” account has been changed to 4Cc3ssC0ntr0ller.  Please ensure this is passed on to your engineers.

 

Regards,

John


--alt---boundary-LibPST-iamunique-41717394_-_-
...[SNIP]...

Read many emails

# Install mutt
sudo apt install mutt

Sample Output:
TO-DO
# Open in mutt terminal
mutt -Rf '<MBOX_FILE>'

Sample Output:
$ mutt -Rf 'Access Control.mbox'

q:Quit  d:Del  u:Undel  s:Save  m:Mail  r:Reply  g:Group  ?:Help                                                                                                                                                   
   1     Aug 23 john@megacorp.c (  76) MegaCorp Access Control System "security" account

+--------------------------------------+
| Note: Answer No to create /root/Mail |
|                                      |
| Arrow   : Move to the email          |
| Enter   : View email                 |
| q       : back                       |
| q again : quit                       |
+--------------------------------------+

Sample Output:
TO-DO

Tools

# Install msgconvert
sudo apt install libemail-outlook-message-perl

Sample Output:
TO-DO
# Install formail
sudo apt install procmail

Sample Output:
TO-DO

Basic

# Convert to .eml format
msgconvert *.msg

Sample Output:
$ msgconvert *.msg

# Convert to .mbox format
cat <EML_FILE> | formail -b > emails.mbox

Sample Output:
$ cat emails.eml | formail -b > emails.mbox