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EmEx - a tool to read the archives

One of our programmers, Adam Shepherd, has developed a tool to read these archives. The Email Explorer, or EmEx, was written to preserve the concept of individual messages so that the archive is easily read, sorted and searched. EmEx was written in Java and is platform-independent.

About EmEx - a brief introduction

EmEx is intended for browsing an email archive on a CD or other read-only filesystem. It is not an email client. You will not be able to send an email message or reply to an archived message using EmEx.

How to use it:

  • The first EmEx window asks you to identify the location of your e-mail archive.
  • Browse to the drive where your archive CDROM / DVD has been loaded and select INBOX.
  • Once opened, the archive will look familiar.
  • Click on a specific e-mail mailbox file to view the contents.
  • Sort the messages in a mailbox by clicking on the column names
  • Preview a specific e-mail message by clicking on any of the header fields
  • Search for a specific phrase or word in the messages from the Search menu
  • Read the Help document on the About menu for more information

If you use the CIS e-mail archive service, EmEx will be copied to your archive.
Or, download a copy of EmEx choose emex.jar for Linux or Mac and choose emex.exe for Windows

If you have questions, please contact the CIS Helpdesk at x2439.