Convert MBOX to DOT using Python

MBOX to DOT conversion in your Python Applications without installing Microsoft Word® or Outlook.

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Why to Convert MBOX to DOT?

MBOX is a popular file format used to store emails. It is widely used by many email clients such as Mozilla Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Eudora, etc. It is a text-based file format and can be easily read and edited using any text editor. However, it is not suitable for further processing or analysis. On the other hand, DOT is a file format used by Microsoft Word to store documents. It is a binary file format and is not easily readable. Therefore, it is necessary to convert MBOX to DOT in order to process and analyze the emails.

How Aspose.Total Helps for MBOX to DOT Conversion?

Aspose.Total for Python via .NET is a comprehensive package of APIs that helps developers to automate the conversion process. It includes APIs for dealing with different file formats such as Email, Images and Microsoft Word formats. Aspose.Words for Python via .NET and Aspose.Email for Python via .NET APIs are part of Aspose.Total for Python via .NET package and make it easy to convert MBOX to DOT using Python. It is a two-step process, firstly load Email and render it into HTML via Aspose.Email for Python via .NET. Secondly, load the converted HTML using Aspose.Words for Python via .NET and save it into respective Word DOT format.

How to Convert MBOX to DOT in Python

  • Open the source MBOX file using MailMessage.load class
  • Call the save method while specifying output HTML file path and relevant HTML Save options as parameter. So your MBOX file is converted to HTML at the specified path
  • Now Load the saved HTML file using Document
  • Call the save method with relevant file path. So finally the MBOX is converted

Conversion Requirements

  • For MBOX to DOT conversion, Python 3.5 or later is required
  • Reference APIs within the project directly from PyPI ( Aspose.Words and Aspose.Email )
  • Or use the following pip command pip install aspose.words and pip install Aspose.Email-for-Python-via-NET
  • Moreover, Microsoft Windows or Linux based OS (see more for Words and Email ) and for Linux check additional requirements for gcc and libpython and follow step by step instructions INSTALL
 

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