Outlook Express Extraction

Outlook Express is an email client by Microsoft that was discontinued a long time ago and superseded by Windows Mail. In Outlook Express, email were saved as DBX files while Windows Mail adopted the EML format.

Open old DBX emails from Outlook Express

If you still have old DBX-formatted files lying around and wish to open them, you can resort to Outlook Express Extraction. It's an easy-to-use program that gives you the possibility to view and extract all messages, attachments and email addresses from DBX files received via Outlook Express. The tool comes packed with some handy customization options.

Preview and extract messages, attachments and email addresses

Following a fast installation procedure that doesn't need special attention, you can check out the plain-looking interface made from a big window with a neatly organized layout, where you can use the file browser or drag-and-drop support to open DBX files.
You can check out the message header, date, content, object and size, as well as pick the messages you want to save to your PC. It's possible to extract all or just the selected messages, attachments or both, in addition to email addresses, which is a separate task.

Configure file type and other settings

As far as general preferences are concerned, you can set the working disk drive and directory, associate DBX files with this program to open them in Outlook Express Extraction by just double-clicking them, as well as change the default format for the message and attachments file name, along with the file type they are saved as (NWS for messages and UNK for attachments). Optionally, the tool can be instructed to create index files.|

Simple DBX email extractor

All things considered, Outlook Express Extraction delivers a simple and straightforward solution for extracting messages, attachments and email addresses from old DBX emails received via Outlook Express. It's free and can be easily used by anyone.