Re: [Evolution-hackers] Viewer for file-stored E-Mails

[Pat Suwalski <pat suwalski net>]

Hi Michael,

Michael Städler wrote:
> I usually store important E-Mails one-by-one in files, thus I can backup
> these information easily. I am in the process of switching from
> Windows/Outlook to Linux/Evolution. In Evolution the only "Save as"
> format is "normal" Unix mbox. But in Linux I cannot view these files
> just by selecting them in a file explorer. Am I missing something? I
> just can't find a tool which just lets me view an mbox file. Of course I
> can re-import the file in Evolution. But this isn't my intention. Any
> help for me?

As you probably know, the mbox format is flat text. For casual reading 
and searching you can use pretty much any text editor. However, I know 
that's not what you're asking for.

I don't know of any desktop program that views mbox files, but mutt on 
the command line will do it with the "-f" switch.

--Pat