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Mbox

generic term for a family of related file formats used for storing collections of electronic mail messages
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Mbox

Summary

Mbox is a file format[1]. Mbox draws 103 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #53 of 297).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mbox's instance of is recorded as file format[3].
  • Mbox's instance of is recorded as file format family[4].
  • Mbox's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hqch[5].
  • Mbox's described at URL is recorded as http://qmail.org/qmail-manual-html/man5/mbox.html[6].
  • Mbox's described at URL is recorded as https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4155.txt[7].
  • Mbox's media type is recorded as application/mbox[8].
  • Mbox's file extension is recorded as mbox[9].
  • Mbox's file extension is recorded as mbx[10].
  • Mbox's described by source is recorded as RFC 4155: The application/mbox Media Type[11].
  • Mbox's PRONOM file format ID is recorded as fmt/720[12].
  • Mbox's Library of Congress Format Description Document ID is recorded as fdd000383[13].
  • Mbox's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as Mbox[14].
  • Mbox's Quora topic ID is recorded as MBoX[15].
  • Mbox's file format identification pattern is recorded as 46726F6D20[16].
  • Mbox's NARA File Format Preservation Plan ID is recorded as NF00247[17].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include file format[3] and file format family[4].

Why It Matters

Mbox draws 103 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #53 of 297).[2] Mbox has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Mbox is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . TrID. Retrieved . qmail.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . digitalpreservation.gov. Retrieved . digitalpreservation.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . RFC 4155: The application/mbox Media Type. mark0.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . RFC 4155: The application/mbox Media Type. mark0.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Just Solve the File Format Problem. fileformats.archiveteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . TrID. mark0.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Mbox. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/mbox
MLA “Mbox.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/mbox.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_mbox_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Mbox}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mbox}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Mbox — https://4ort.xyz/entity/mbox (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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