UnDBX

UnDBX is a small Windows application designed specifically for helping you extract email messages from Outlook Express and save data to EML file format on your computer.

The advantages of being portable

The tool is delivered in a portable package which can be deployed on your system without having to follow the steps included in a normal installation process. Uninstalling the utility means deleting the files that you have downloaded from the Internet.
It is important to mention that the application doesn’t leave any configuration data in your system and write entries in your Windows registry. You can also copy it on any USB flash drive or other devices and run it on the target system without having administrative privileges.

Minimalistic looks

UnDBX sports a clean and simplistic GUI that doesn’t include complex configuration settings. There’s no support for a help manual but the layout is highly intuitive so you can venture into tweaking the process on your own.

Extracting emails from your Outlook DBX files

The tool gives you the possibility to select the source folder that includes the DBX files from where the information is extracted and specify the saving directory where the EML files are saved.
Aside from the two configuration parameters, you may enable the Recovery Mode that can be applied especially to corrupted DBX files. During the recovery process, UnDBX scans the DBX file for email message fragments and collects them into EML items. Plus, all messages are extracted using this particular mode, regardless if they exist in the output destination or not.

Sync options

When you grab data from DBX files for the first time, the tool extracts all messages as individual EML files. For future tasks, the application is able to sync the output folder with the contents of the DBX file, more specifically if it finds new messages, it extracts them. In case they are already present in the target destination, messages are ignored.

Bottom line

All things considered, UnDBX delivers a straightforward solution for helping you extract emails from Outlook Express, and is suitable for all types of users, regardless of their experience level.