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Corbett Email Address Extractor collects email IDs from mail data files, desktop client profiles, webmail and mail server accounts. Headers, message bodies and attachments all get checked and the list lands in a TXT file. Try free demo first.
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Addresses are collected on your PC. Corbett never sees the mail data or login details.
Free demo, scanned clean on VirusTotal and a 30 day refund window.
Lifetime licence from $99 Demo extracts 10 items
Extractor facts
Mail archives hide thousands of contacts inside messages. address extractor searches fields, bodies, headers and attachments, then saves a clean TXT list for Notepad or any other program.
Fields searched
7Input sources
7Results
6Left unsaved
4How Email Address Extractor Saves Your List
Select Extract in the top menu, then Email Addresses. Choose a save location, tick your fields and watch Email Addresses Found fill with a total. Corbett saves the list in a TXT file once you press Save.
Related pages include Email Address Validator and Email Attachment Extractor. Other mail files sit on email converter tool page.
Core features
Four screens of Corbett address extractor, in working order.
Mail source
Browse to a data file or choose a configured desktop client. For a mail server, enter the email address, password and port number and your folders load on screen.
Several accounts stay saved so you return to a mailbox without typing details again.
Fields and folders
Tick From, To, Cc, Subject, Message Body or Message Header to set where addresses come from. Untick folders you do not need, like Junk.
Switch on the attachment option and PDF, Word and other files add their addresses to your list.
Message preview
Click any message to open a preview. You check the message before its addresses go to your list.
Email Addresses Found lists every address with a total count before you save.
Search and filter
Date, From, To, Cc and Subject search narrow the job to the messages that matter. Quick search finds a keyword and file type and size filters limit attachments.
Your TXT list then holds only wanted addresses.
Working process
Four steps take you from mail source to TXT list. Try them on a few folders in free demo first.
Open the software
Install the setup file and start Email Address Extractor on Windows. Window waits for a data file, a client profile or an account.
Add the mail source
Browse to a data file or choose a desktop client. For a server, enter the email address, password and port number.
Select fields and folders
Tick From, To, Cc, Subject, Message Body or Message Header. Untick folders you do not need, then use search and filters.
Extract and save
Press Extract and check the total in Email Addresses Found. Save the list to a TXT file and open it in Notepad or Notepad++.
Need to check the list? See Email Address Validator.
Need files from messages? Try Email Attachment Extractor.
Working process
Prefer text? Open Extract email addresses from MBOX file for every click with screenshots.
Extra options
Small options that save hours when you collect addresses in bulk.
TXT output
Save the list where you choose
Notepad ready
Open the list in Notepad or Notepad++
Total count
See the count before saving
Preview before saving
Email Addresses Found pane
Attachment search
PDF, Word and other files
Header and body
Addresses from both parts of a message
Several accounts
Saved accounts load in one click
Date search
Limit the job to a date range
From and To search
Keep one sender or recipient
Subject and Cc search
Narrow by subject line or copy field
File type and size
Filter attachments before saving
Folder choice
Inbox, Sent Items or any folder
Mail sources
address extractor opens mail from files, desktop clients and servers. Match your source to where your mail sits today.
Outlook PST and OST
Also NST and ZDB files
Mac OLM
Outlook for Mac files
MBOX and Takeout
Google Takeout zip and MBOX files
EML and EMLX
Single message files
MSG and OFT
Outlook item and template files
DBX and Maildir
Older client files and folders
Desktop clients
Outlook, Thunderbird, Windows Live, Postbox, Mailbird, Mailspring, eM Client and IceWarp
Mail servers
Email address, password and port number
Free demo
Test Email Address Extractor on Real Mail
Install free demo, add a mail source, tick your fields and click Extract. Free demo extracts 10 items so your TXT list is quick to check.
Download free demoTry before you buy
Free demo of Corbett opens, previews and searches your mail. Only the number of extracted items is capped.
| Feature | Free demo | Full version |
|---|---|---|
| Load mail files, clients and accounts | Yes | Yes |
| Preview and search | Available | Available |
| Items extracted | 10 messages or folders | Every item you select |
| TXT list of addresses | Saved from the 10 items | Saved from your full job |
| Price | Free | From $99 one time |
Use cases
Anyone who holds mail and needs the addresses inside it.
Marketing teams
Build a contact sheet for your campaign tool from old mail.
Sales teams
List people already in touch by ticking Inbox and Sent Items alone.
Archive keepers
Pull contacts out of PST, OLM and MBOX files before you store them.
Busy office staff
Skip days of copying and get every address in one batch.
Attachment hunters
Find addresses sitting inside PDF and Word files.
Selective collectors
Search by sender, recipient, subject or date, then extract only matches.
Why Corbett
No subscription
Lifetime licence from $99
Works on your PC
Corbett never sees your mail data
Attachments searched
PDF, Word and other files
Field choice
From, To, Cc, Subject, body and header
Folder choice
Inbox, Sent Items or any folder
Preview first
Email Addresses Found pane with a total
Search and filter
Date, sender, recipient and subject
30 day refund
Refund window after purchase
Before you extract
address extractor collects addresses from mail and saves a TXT list. Here is what that includes and where it stops.
| Capability | Supported | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Mail data files | Yes | PST, OST, NST, ZDB, OLM, MBOX, EML, EMLX, MSG, OFT, DBX, Google Takeout and Maildir |
| Desktop clients | Yes | Outlook, Thunderbird, Windows Live, Postbox, Mailbird, Mailspring, eM Client and IceWarp |
| Mail servers | Yes | Email address, password and port number load your folders |
| Attachments | Yes | PDF, Word and other files add addresses |
| Output | TXT file | Opens in Notepad, Notepad++ and most other programs |
| Checking the list | Separate | Email Address Validator handles that job |
| Mac and Linux | No | Email Address Extractor installs on Windows only |
Manual or tool
No mail client lists every address from a folder. See how typing them out by hand compares with Corbett.
| Job | By hand | address extractor |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free | From $99 one time |
| One message | Copy the sender | Works too |
| Thousands of messages | Days of copying | One batch |
| Attachments | Open files one at a time | PDF and Word files searched |
| Chosen fields | Header digging | From, To, Cc, Subject, Body and Header |
| Address count | Counted by hand | Total shown before saving |
| Output file | Sheet cells | TXT list for Notepad |
Hand copying fits one message. Thousands of messages belong to Corbett.
Global recognition
Users rate Corbett email address extractor 4.8 out of 5 from 543 reviews.
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Specifications
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System
Supported editions
Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8 and 7, plus Windows Server 2025 to 2008.
Launch the setup with Run as Administrator from the right click menu.
Corbett has built Windows email utilities since 2020. Support team handles setup trouble and questions on first use.
User testimonials
address extractor earns 543 reviews from buyers.
Collected across 543 reviews from buyers. Three reviews below are unedited.
In the past years, I had retrieved all my emails but there was a need to revive all the email addresses for future reference. I had tried to do it manually but was not that easy. So, I found the Email Address Extractor software with a feature ‘Search & Filter’ which addressed my problem and sorted it out with ease.
It had become a very monotonous job to select and search for email addresses one by one. After some research, I found the Corbett Email address extractor tool with an additional feature of ‘Extract email addresses from attachments’ and got all the email addresses in TXT file format.
To take the backup of important email IDs from the specific folders, I tried extracting the information. It was very cumbersome to do the task manually. I was grateful to have found this Email Address Extractor software that extracted all the email addresses from a folder in a lesser time.
Before you extract
Three short checks give you a clean list.
Know your mail source
Locate the data file or the configured client profile. Server accounts need login details and a port number.
Choose folders or all mail
Select all folders for a full list. Tick Inbox and Sent Items alone to list people already in contact.
Choose where to look
Sender, recipient, copy, subject, body and header fields all have tick boxes. Attachments add addresses from PDF and Word files.
Other sources have their own guides, like Extract email addresses from EML files and Extract email addresses from Thunderbird.
Best practice
Good lists start with a careful job. Four habits keep your results tidy.
Copy your mail file
Keep a spare copy of the data file before you start so your original stays untouched.
Start with one folder
Extract from one small folder in free demo and open the TXT list. Catch a wrong field before a large job.
Check the count
Compare the total in Email Addresses Found with your TXT list before you close the job.
Check the list
Pass your TXT list through Email Address Validator before you send a campaign.
Common questions
Corbett steps, attachments, filters, limits and licence answers.
address extractor collects email IDs from mail and saves them as a list. Corbett does that from data files, desktop clients and servers on Windows.
Launch Email Address Extractor and select a data file, desktop client or mail account. For a server, enter the email address, password and port number. Tick your folders and click Extract.
Yes. Attachment option searches PDF, Word and other files and stores the addresses in your TXT file.
Yes. Filter by From, To, Cc, Subject, Message Body or Message Header. Tick box beside every field turns on selective retrieval.
Yes. address extractor collects many addresses in one batch and shows the total before you save.
PST, OST, NST, ZDB, OLM, MBOX, EML, EMLX, MSG, OFT, DBX, Google Takeout and Maildir files.
Outlook, Thunderbird, Windows Live, Postbox, Mailbird, Mailspring, eM Client and IceWarp profiles.
Yes. Mail server needs the email address, password and port number before any folder opens.
Yes. Email Addresses Found pane lists every address and the total count before you save.
TXT file, which opens in Notepad, Notepad++ and most other programs.
Yes. Tick Inbox, Sent Items or any other folder and leave the rest.
From, To, Cc, Subject, Message Body, Message Header and attachments have a tick box of their own.
Yes. Date, From, To, Cc and Subject search narrow the job and file type and size filters limit attachments.
Yes. Click a message and its preview opens before you extract.
Yes. Free demo extracts 10 messages or folders, which is enough to check your TXT list before you buy.
Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8 and 7, plus Windows Server 2025 to 2008. There is no macOS or Linux build.
Setup file is 87.4 MB. Keep 100 MB of free disk space, 512 MB of memory (1 GB advised) and a 1 GHz processor (2.4 GHz is faster).
Personal keys handle 2 PCs while Business keys handle 10 PCs and Enterprise keys handle unlimited PCs.
You receive the setup link and the activation key by email after payment.
Yes. Refund request made within 30 days of purchase is accepted. See the refund policy for details.
No. Addresses are collected on your PC. Corbett never sees your mail data or login details.
Open the TXT file, then use Email Address Validator to check the addresses. Email Attachment Extractor pulls files out of messages.
Address guides
Every guide below handles one address job from start to finish.
Addresses from mail files
Sister pages are Email Address Validator and Email Attachment Extractor. Account moves use Email Migration Tool or IMAP Migration Tool. More formats sit on the email converter tool page, broken archives belong with email recovery software and email viewer software opens saved mail free.
Get started
Test Email Address Extractor on one mailbox first. Full access starts at $99 in a single payment and refunds are open for 30 days.
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87.4 MB · Windows 11 to 7 and Windows Server 2025 to 2008 · 30 day money back