How to Extract Attachments from Thunderbird MBOX?

If you’re looking for a solution to extract attachments from Thunderbird MBOX, don’t worry, your search ends here. In this blog, we will introduce a comprehensive solution to open and extract MBOX attachments smoothly.

“A few days ago, my client shared an MBOX attachments file from Thunderbird. I need to open and view the MBOX file without installing any email client. Also, I need to extract MBOX attachments from various messages from Thunderbird based on the client request file, so, I’m wondering if there is a quick and reliable way to extract attachment emails from Thunderbird archive?

If you have the same problem, don’t worry, your search ends here. In this blog, we will introduce a comprehensive solution to open and extract MBOX attachments smoothly.

Thunderbird is an open source email client for storing email and other mailbox items. Thunderbird maintains the integrity of email message files. There are probably two ways to download Thunderbird attachments.

Extract Attachments from Thunderbird MBOX  – Manual Approach

Here are the steps to implement the same now.

• First, you need to Open Thunderbird Attachment Extractor plugin from the official Mozilla Thunderbird website, which can be obtained from.

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/attachment-extractor

• Now launch the Thunderbird app and select Add-ons from the registration options
• Next, from the gear icon, select the Install plugin from file … option to extract attachments from MBOX files
• After selecting the Thunderbirds XPI Attachment Extractor file, click the Install Now button to continue the installation process
• After the installation process is completed successfully, a pop-up will appear to restart the Thunderbird application
• Now you can Choose the desired email folder and click the Extract all attachments to … option and Hit Browse to save the resulting MBOX attachment
• You can smoothly access MBOX attachments after the attachment is successfully saved to the destination

Limitations of the Manual Method

• It requires more labor and time consumption is still high.
• Non-technical users may have difficulty implementing it.

Automatic Software to Bulk Extract Thunderbird MBOX Attachments

SysTools MBOX Attachment Extractor is one of the best and most popular applications on the market. It allows you to extract all the data in the MBOX file to the location of your choice. This software lets you extract multiple attachment MBOX files easily. This application can be easily used and downloaded on Windows and Mac computers.

Steps to Extract Attachments from Thunderbird MBOX

• First you need to Launch the solution on your computer

• Select the Add File / Folder button to add an MBOX file or folder containing MBOX files

• Choose the desired MBOX attachments file and click the [Open] button

• After importing files to the software panel, you can view all files in the software preview window

• By clicking the “Search” button, you can search for MBOX files on your system

• If you select the wrong MBOX file, click Remove or Remove All to delete the file
  

• Select a folder and click the & Change button to select a destination for saving the attachment, then pick the Next button

• After making all the settings, click the Extract button to start the process of extracting the email attachments from the MBOX file.

Top Advantage of this Software

• Keep the Original Folder Structure: This tool extracts the same data folder hierarchy without any modification. This means that the location of the file does not change after the process is complete.
• Deep Data Scan: The Software has powerful tools to deeply scan all folders in MBOX files. This product searches all your data from any MBOX file without any problems. With this technology you can get immediate and fast results without any problem.
• Highly Interactive GUI: Ideal for technical and novice users. As it has a simple interface, users can extract MBOX Attachments files easily.
• Free Demo Application: This app allows you to try the tool first to test how to use the tool. The demo version is completely free and allows you to move multiple links from MBOX.

Conclusion

In the above blog, we have explained the complete method for how to extract attachments from Thunderbird MBOX. This automated method is especially useful for business level users who have thousands of attachments and want to download MBOX files attached to the various email services they need.