DBX Plugin for Windows Commander - Official site

## DBX Plugin for Windows Commander

Official site

[Russian version]

Please visit: Message Parser - MS Outlook Express 5/6 database extractor

DBX Plugin is an additional component (plugin) for file manager Windows Commander (version 4 or is higher) allowing to read out contents of information files Microsoft Outlook Express version 5. X / 6 (files with expansion DBX). The file is represented as archive with the following structure:

- Directories, named according to a subject or the sender of letter depending on adjustment. In them there are letters with expansion *.eml, and also the enclosed files to the letter if those are available, and the mistakes revealed in the letter in a file errors.log
- Directory ATT - in it all binary files from all messages are collected.
- Directory NFO - a folder with information files:
  README.HTM - a file with description
  Readme_rus.HTM - a file with the description in Russian
  VERSION.TXT - the information on the version of program
  LICENCE.TXT - license
  CREDITS.TXT - gratitude
  Statistics.txt - the information on an open file as a whole
  GoForNews.url - the reference to this page

For adjustment of display there is an external utility, but for work it is not nessesary.

### FAQ

Q: It is necessary installed Outlook Express for work of plugin?
A: No

Q: Can some attached to letters files to not be shown?
A: Letters in simple text format, multipart/mixed, multipart/signed, multipart/alternative, coding uue, base64, quoted-printable are recognized. However some exotic formats, and also messages with the files cut on several messages are not supported.

Q: Why file size Statistics.txt is shown equal to zero?
À: In this implementation it is impossible to count a size of statistics beforehand.

Q: Why do not open Folders.dbx, Offline.dbx, Popeuidl.dbx?
A: In them does not contain messages and they are not handled.

Q: How to me to install plugin?
A: To download and unpack dbxplug.wcx, further the menu:

> Configuration->Options->Paker->Configure Paker Extension DLL's
> In appeared window:
> In a upper field to enter "DBX"
> Is farther <New Type> button and to specify path to dbxplug.wcx file.
> Press Ok, Ok

Q: Why at start eml-files directly from archive Outlook Express does not open them?
A: It is an bug in WC 4.X. In version 5 it is corrected.

Q: The YEnc encoding is supported?
A: Yes, since version 1.0 beta 3. More about YEnc encoding: http://www.yenc.org/

Q: Why files open so long?
A: The structure of a DBX-file does not allow to address to the enclosed files quickly, therefore at a plenty of messages time for reading of directories is great enough.

Q: How to sort messages by the sender?
A: Using the configuration utility you can change length of names of files and also to include the sender in a name of a directory.

Q: Whether it is possible to disable search of attachments in letters?
A: Yes, since version 1.0 beta 5. The option is accessible in configuration utility. Thus speed of work is increased, but letters are not looked through and statistics does not gather.

### Latest Version

Beta virsion is avialable for testing.

Latest update:21.08.2002
Download latest version: dbxplug.zip (Mirror: dbxplug.zip)
Configuration utility: dbxplugconfig.zip (Mirror: dbxplugconfig.zip)

### Links

dbx.mparse.com - official site of DBXPlugin
labs99.msk.ru/dbx - mirror site of DBXPlugin
http://www.ghisler.com/ - site of Windows Commnder
http://www.mparse.com/ - Message Parser - MS Outlook Express 5/6 database extractor
wincmd.ru - russian-speaking resource devoted Windows Commnder.

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